dark continent

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{i} kara kıta

{i} afrika

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{i} Afrika

Afrika filleri savana ve orman filleri olmak üzere iki farklı türe ayrılır. - African elephants are divided into two different species: savannah and forest elephants.

Tom'un ataları Afrikadan geldi. - Tom's ancestors came from Africa.

Africa

(isim) Afrika

the dark continent

kara kıta

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Africa

The Advertiser Adelaide, 10 November 1903.

A former name for Africa, so used because its hinterland was largely unknown and therefore mysterious to Europeans until the 19th century. Henry M. Stanley was probably the first to use the term in his 1878 account Through the Dark Continent. the Dark Continent a name given to Africa by Europeans in the 19th century. The name meant that Africa was then an unknown area to Europeans, but it is now considered an offensive name

{i} Africa; term used in the 19th century referring to Africa before its large areas had been explored

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The Dark Continent

Africa

Heceleme

dark Con·ti·nent

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

därk käntınınt

Telaffuz

/ˈdärk ˈkäntənənt/ /ˈdɑːrk ˈkɑːntənənt/

Etimoloji

() Victiorian nickname. It referred to the fact that little was known about the interior of the continent in the West.