Added 9 October 2026 africa noun Categories: NatureEveryday Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about africa at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean. Related Words: asiacontinentoceaniaafricanpan-africanmainlandafrikaregionrbacfaafrochau Back to today's word