Meaning of Dark Continent | Babel Free
Definitions
Africa.
dated, informal, offensive, sometimes
Equivalents
Examples
“De Lesseps, the engineer, has been visiting the Bey of Tunis, and trying to get his consent to the scheme for piercing the isthmus of Zaber, and opening up communication with the interior of the Dark Continent by water.”
“Africa is still the Dark Continent, the land of the unknown, the remarkable.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.