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Den Namen Afrika haben die Römer für das Gebiet Karthagos und des östlichen Atlas verwendet. Etymologisch vielleicht vom Berbervolk Aourigha (ausgesprochen: Afarika), heute Aouraghen.
" In antiquity the Greeks are said to have called the continent Libya and the Romans to have called it Africa, perhaps from the Latin aprica (“sunny”) or the Greek aphrike (“without cold”).
The name Africa, however, was chiefly applied to the northern coast of the continent, which was, in effect, regarded as a southern extension of Europe.
The Romans, who for a time ruled the North
African
coast, are also said to have called the area south of their settlements Afriga,
or the Land of the Afrigs - the name of a Berber community south of Carthage." (Encyclopaedia
Britannica)