{"id":588,"date":"2023-01-16T01:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T01:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.feelnubia.com\/?p=588"},"modified":"2023-01-16T01:34:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T01:34:01","slug":"origins-of-the-name-afrika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/feelnubiatest.com\/index.php\/2023\/blog-misc-and-opinions\/origins-of-the-name-afrika\/","title":{"rendered":"Origins of the name Afrika"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The name <strong>Afre-Kh<\/strong> or <strong>Kh-Afre<\/strong>, simply means the &#8220;<em>Kh of Ophir<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>Spirit of Africa<\/em>&#8220;. The origin of <strong>Afer<\/strong> may either come from the Phoenician word <em>`afar<\/em>, meaning &#8216;dust&#8217;; or named after the <em>Afri<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"system-readmore\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>a Berber ethnic group that dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area. In beliefs about the origins of man, some people believe that the first man was formed from dust by God. The name could also have come from the the Greek word <em>aphrike<\/em>, meaning &#8216;<em>without cold<\/em>&#8216;, or the Latin word <em>aprica<\/em>, meaning &#8216;sunny&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Hebrew referred to the continent as &#8220;<em>Auphirah<\/em>&#8221; is usually written &#8220;<em>Ophir<\/em>&#8220;, as seen in I Kings 9:28, where King Solomon sent sailors to &#8220;Ophir-Auphirah&#8221;. I Kings 10:1 gave an account of the Queen of Ophirah-Africa who came to visit Solomon. 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