north africa

1. 1.

   an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofAfrica

   PartsNumidia

Questions about north africa

What does north africa mean?

north africa means "an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea".

Is north africa a common word?

north africa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.