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EAST AFRICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does East Africa mean?
• EAST AFRICA (noun)
The noun EAST AFRICA has 1 sense:
1. a geographical area in eastern Africa
Familiarity information: EAST AFRICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A geographical area in eastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "East Africa"):
Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)
Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)
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)
Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)
Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
Holonyms ("East Africa" 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)
Derivation:
East African (of or relating to or located in East Africa)
Context examples
Scientists from James Cook University and Ohio University discovered the oldest known examples of "fungus gardens" in 25 million-year-old fossil termite nests in East Africa.
(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)
Fuelwood is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions in South Asia and East Africa.
(Shift to biogas helps revive forests, SciDev.Net)
About 250 miles (400 kilometers) wide and 2 miles (3 kilometers) deep, Mercury’s great valley is smaller than Mars’ Valles Marineris, but larger than North America’s Grand Canyon and wider and deeper than the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.
(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)
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