Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word AFRIC
AFRIC
Definitions of AFRIC
- (poetic, archaic) African.
- (poetic, archaic) Africa.
- (archaic) An African.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using AFRIC in a Sentence
- An excerpt from On Poetry: a Rhapsody by the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift states: "So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs, Place elephants for want of towns".
- Alonzo finally kills himself and Zanga exults: "Let Europe and her pallid sons go weep; / Let Afric and her hundred thrones rejoice: / Oh, my dear countrymen, look down and see / How I bestride your prostrate conqueror!" An illustrated review of this performance at the Surrey Theatre shows Aldridge triumphing over Alonzo, dressed in flowing Moorish robes, which, according to the critic, "reminds one of the portraits of Abd-el Kader".
- The collaboration with the "Retro FM" radiostation has continued: in October 2014 Afric Simone has celebrated his 75th birthday on board of cruise ship Liberty of the Seas, during a "Retro FM" cruise – together with Joy and María Mendiola's Baccara.
- Following the war, White Star refitted Suevic in 1920, modernising her passenger accommodation which was reconfigured to carry 266 second-class passengers, after which she returned to the Australian service with her remaining sisters Medic, Persic and Runic (her fourth sister Afric having been lost in the war).
- Vujasinovic again recommended Camilleri to Rari Nantes Bogliasco and the team also were in touch with Neptunes WPSC coach Sergio Afric to get more detailed information about Camilleri.
- These warships protected a 38-strong convoy, consisting of the Australian troopships Hymettus, Geelong, Orvieto (which was fleet command vessel), Pera, Omrah, Clan Maccorquordale, Medic, Argyllshire, Shropshire, Karoo, Ascanius, Saldanha, Katuna, Euripides, Star of England, Star of Victoria, Port Lincoln, Wiltshire, Afric, Hororata, Morene, Rangatira, Suffolk, Benalla, Anglo-Egyptian, Armadale, Southern, and Militiades, plus the New Zealand transports Maunganui, Tahiti, Ruapehu, Orari, Limerick, Star of India, Hawke's Bay, Arawa, Athenic, and Waimana.
- The ships were built in two groups, with the first three ships of the class (Afric, Medic and Persic) entering service in 1899, and the last two (Runic and Suevic) entering service two years later.
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