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- adjective poetic, archaic
African - proper noun poetic, archaic
Africa
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Examples
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'Afric's sunny fountain or India's coral strand,' I can't tell now.
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Yarico, if Savage and Shenstone pointed their feeble couplets with the wrongs of 'Afric's sable children,' if the
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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The eastern coast, like that of Apollonia, is a succession of points and bays, of cool-looking emerald jungle and of 'Afric's golden sands' reeking with unkindly heat.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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'Afric's coasts, and Calpe's adverse height', was of little consequence to Mr. Clarke, who felt that to recriminate during his absence would be unworthy of his character ...
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Speaking of crackers, are there any colored Afric negroes that comment here regularly?
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Several domestic firms are also involved, including black-owned firms Naledi Petroleum and Afric Oil.
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With nothing but the Afric wastes for us poor lads to roam.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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Whose lives were traded off for gold, upon the Afric shore.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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We bade farewell to Afric shores, the River Congo, too.
Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007
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The point however, is to ensure, through continuous political education, that the noble values and norms of the Afric an National Congress remain the dominant and defining characteristics of our movement.
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