dark continent

English - Turkish

Definition of dark continent in English Turkish dictionary

{i} kara kıta

{i} afrika

Related Terms

Africa

{i} Afrika

Afrika filleri savana ve orman filleri olmak üzere iki farklı türe ayrılır. - African elephants are divided into two different species: savannah and forest elephants.

Tom'un ataları Afrikadan geldi. - Tom's ancestors came from Africa.

Africa

(isim) Afrika

the dark continent

kara kıta

English - English

Definition of dark continent in English English dictionary

Africa

The Advertiser Adelaide, 10 November 1903.

A former name for Africa, so used because its hinterland was largely unknown and therefore mysterious to Europeans until the 19th century. Henry M. Stanley was probably the first to use the term in his 1878 account Through the Dark Continent. the Dark Continent a name given to Africa by Europeans in the 19th century. The name meant that Africa was then an unknown area to Europeans, but it is now considered an offensive name

{i} Africa; term used in the 19th century referring to Africa before its large areas had been explored

Related Terms

The Dark Continent

Africa

Hyphenation

dark Con·ti·nent

Turkish pronunciation

därk käntınınt

Pronunciation

/ˈdärk ˈkäntənənt/ /ˈdɑːrk ˈkɑːntənənt/

Etymology

() Victiorian nickname. It referred to the fact that little was known about the interior of the continent in the West.