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S: (n) 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)
S: (n) Barbary (a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries)
S: (n) Nubia (an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser)
S: (n) Maghreb, Mahgrib (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) Roman Empire (an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan (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)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria (a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country)
S: (n) Senegal, Republic of Senegal (a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960)
S: (n) Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)
S: (n) Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia)
S: (n) South Africa, Republic of 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))
S: (n) Sudan, Soudan (a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea)
S: (n) Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)
S: (n) Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland (a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968)
S: (n) Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire (a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire)
S: (n) Uganda, Republic of Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
S: (n) Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)
S: (n) North Africa (an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea)
S: (n) West Africa (an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea)
S: (n) Great Rift Valley (( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults)
S: (n) Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika (the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley)
S: (n) Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza (the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River)