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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Africa
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Scapula, Proconsul of Africa
• Dionysia, Martyr in Africa
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Witbank, South Africa, Diocese of
• Pietersburg, South Africa, Diocese of
• Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Africa
• Air, Africa
• Angola (Portuguese West Africa)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Africa
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Africa
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Africa
• Daniel, Saint, of Africa
• Junilius of Africa
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Africa
• Africa`nus, Julius
• West Africa
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Africa
• Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae
• Portuguese East Africa
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Africa
• South Africa

This 'quarter of the world' is not mentioned as such by any general name in Scripture, although some of its regions are indicated. It is thought by some, however, that Africa, or as much of it as was then known, is denoted by 'the land of Ham,' in several of the Psalms. But we are inclined to think that the context rather restricts this designation of Egypt. Whether Africa was really 'the land of Ham,' that is, was peopled by the descendants of Ham, is quite another question [HAM].