Assalaam Alaikum
HatHaruHotep
Relax dude, you have been addressed factually, intelligently and respectfully.
All that negative sentiment has NOT proven or refuted ANYTHING.
Relax Dude, Life is Good
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Afri was the name of several peoples who dwelt in
North Africa near the provincial capital,
Carthage. The Roman suffix "-ca" denotes "country or land".
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Other etymologies that have been postulated for the ancient name 'Africa':
- the Latin word aprica, meaning "sunny";
- the Greek word aphrike, meaning "without cold." This was proposed by historian Leo Africanus (1488-1554), who suggested the Greek word phrike (φÏ?ίκη, meaning "cold and horror"), combined with the privative prefix "a-", thus indicating a land free of cold and horror.
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According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
during the time of the Roman empire, the term Afrika became accepted as a replacement for the word "Libya" which meant "the land of the Lebu or Lubins in Genesis."
Geographically,
Libya meant only the north coast of the Continent and at first, so did Afrika. By the
end of the first century A.D., Afrika came to mean the entire Continent. The etymology (origin of the term Afrika) is not so precisely agreed upon and according to UNESCO, its origin is credited to one of six theories, as follows:
One: "The Afarak, also known as the "Aourigha", were a Berber people who lived south of
Carthage/Romans. The terms "Afarak" or "Afrika" were used to denote the land of the "Afarak."
Two: Some people believe that the word comes from the
Latin adjective "Aprica" which means "sunny" or the Greek "Aprike" which means "free from cold."
Three: The Phoenician root "Faraqua" which suggests " a separation" or in other words, "diaspora." This same root is found in some Afrikan languages, like
Bambara (Semetic language related to Woloof and Modern Arabic)
Four: In Sanskrit and Hindu, the root "Apara" or "Afrika" denotes that which, in geographic terms, comes "after" the west. From the geographical position of India, "Afrika" is the western Continent.
Five: Another school of thought states that the word "Afrika" comes from two Phoenician terms, one of which means "an ear of corn", which was a symbol of fertility in that region and the other "Pharikia", which means "Land of the fruit."
Six: A historical tradition states that a
Yeminter (Yemenese uh oh an Arab) chief named "Africus" invaded north Afrika in the second millennium and founded a town called "Afrikyah." Others suggest that
it is more likely that the Arabic term "Ifriqiya" is the Arabic translation of the word "Afrika."
HatHaruHotep this may shock you but "Afrikan' is Arabic dude, its phonetic roots are Semetic! blkhide