アフリカ

Written forms

• アフリカUsage100%

  Standard katakana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.

• 阿弗利加あふりか
  ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form

  Ateji (phonetic) kanji spelling; rarely used.

Kanji

• 阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon
• 弗dollar
• 利profit, advantage, benefit
• 加add, addition, increase

Etymology

From English 'Africa', borrowed into Japanese as アフリカ.