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Meaning of Afrike | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
aˈfɾikə

Definitions

  1. Africa (continent)
    feminine
  2. indefinite dative/ablative of Afrikë
    ablative, dative, form-of, indefinite

Equivalents

English Africa

Examples

“Venet e mξaja t' Afriks jan: Missiri, Barberia e sckretìa e Sahars, Senegambia, Guinea, veni Ottentotve, Cafreria Abesci, Nubia, Sudan o Nigrizia.”

Large countries of Africa are: Egypt, Barbary and the Sahara Desert, Senegambia, Guinea, land of the Hottentots, Kaffraria, Abyssinia, Nubia, Sudan or Nigritia.

“Mâ së pari gjejmë emënin Afrikë i cili del nga fjala shqip frikë. Nga ky emën miret vesh se Shqipëtarët kan rojtë në Afrikë po e kan lënë këtë vent nga frika e egërsiavet, të cilat në ato kohëra kan qën shum dhe u kan ngrënë bagëtinë.”

First, we find the name Africa, which comes from the Albanian word frikë (“fear”). From this name we can understand that the Albanians had guards in Africa but had left this land for fear of the wild animals, which were numerous in those times and ate their livestock.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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