AFRICAN NATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African nation mean? 

• AFRICAN NATION (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN NATION has 1 sense:

1. any one of the countries occupying the African continent

  Familiarity information: AFRICAN NATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFRICAN NATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any one of the countries occupying the African continent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

African country; African nation

Hypernyms ("African nation" is a kind of...):

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Instance hyponyms:

Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nigeria (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country)

Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Republic of Guinea-Bissau (a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974)

Basutoland; Kingdom of Lesotho; Lesotho (a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966)

Liberia; Republic of Liberia (a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves)

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)

Madagascar; Malagasy Republic; Republic of Madagascar (a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960)

Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi (a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964)

French Sudan; Mali; Republic of Mali (a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years)

Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya (a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert)

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Mocambique; Mozambique; Republic of Mozambique (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975)

Niger; Republic of Niger (a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert)

Algeria; Algerie; Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s)

Republic of Senegal; Senegal (a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960)

Republic of Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone (a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961)

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

Kingdom of Swaziland; Swaziland (a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968)

Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)

Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)

Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

Ghana; Gold Coast; Republic of Ghana (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea)

Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)

Angola; Republic of Angola (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990)

Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)

Cameroon; Cameroun; Republic of Cameroon (a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960)

Central Africa; Central African Republic (a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960)

Chad; Republic of Chad; Tchad (a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960)

Congo; French Congo; Republic of the Congo (a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960)

Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)

Cote d'Ivoire; Ivory Coast; Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa)

Benin; Dahomey; Republic of Benin (a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control)

Togo; Togolese Republic (a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control)

Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti (a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997)

Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea (a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968)

Eritrea; State of Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)

Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)

Botswana; Republic of Botswana (a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s)

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Gabon; Gabonese Republic; Gabun (a republic on the west coast of Africa)

Gambia; Republic of The Gambia; The Gambia (a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa)

French Guinea; Guinea; Republic of Guinea (a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958)

Holonyms ("African nation" is a part of...):

Africa (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)

 Context examples 

In trials undertaken in Burkina Faso, mosquito numbers were reduced by 99 per cent within 45 days, according to researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the West African nation’s IRSS research institute.

(Genetically modified fungus hailed as malaria breakthrough, SciDev.Net)

Thanks to the new study, farmers in the African nation will be growing such vitamin-rich bananas in 2021.

(Golden Bananas High in Pro-Vitamin A Developed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)