Africa
On this site, in response to a reader's enquiry, they have this to say:The etymology, the origin of the term Africa is not so precisely agreed upon and, according to UNESCO, its origin is credited to...
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While my forty something Webster's New World does have an entry for Africa, they make no attempt at an etymology.Hope this helps!:)
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Nor is the OED2 helpful. The editorial policy is to omit proper nouns. It does have "African," but the etymology stops at the Latin.
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We discussed this long ago (in our usual roundabout way). The favourite (well, mine anyway) was from the Greek, which has the 'least slim' evidence. I've no idea of current research. FWIW, the early...
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Invaluable link, dm, as the great Dr T. mentioned Britannica, which has an informative article on name origin and history in the classical period under AFRICA, ROMAN.Off to read it properly now.
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