Central African Republic in British English
noun
a landlocked country of central Africa: joined with Chad as a territory of French Equatorial Africa in 1910; became an independent republic in 1960; a parliamentary monarchy (1976–79); consists of a huge plateau, mostly savanna, with dense forests in the south; drained chiefly by the Shari and Ubangi Rivers. Official languages: French and Sango. Religion: Christian and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Bangui. Pop: 4 659 080 (2017 est). Area: 622 577 sq km (240 376 sq miles)
Former names: (until 1958) Ubangi-Shari or (1976–79) Central African Empire. French name: République Centrafricaine (repyblik sɑ̃trafrikɛn)Central African Republic in American English
country in central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo & Republic of the Congo: formerly a French territory, it became independent in 1960:240,324 sq mi (622,437 sq km); pop. 2,568,000; cap. Bangui
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British English: Central African Republic /ˈsɛntrəl ˈæfrɪkən rɪˈpʌblɪk/ NOUN
The Central African Republic is a country of central Africa.
- American English: Central African Republic
- Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّةٌ أَفْرِيقِيا الوُسْطَى
- Brazilian Portuguese: República Centro Africana
- Chinese: 中非共和国
- Croatian: Centralna Afrička Republika
- Czech: Středoafrická republika
- Danish: Den Centralafrikanske Republik
- Dutch: Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek
- European Spanish: República Centroafricana
- Finnish: Keski-Afrikan tasavalta
- French: République Centrafricaine
- German: Zentralafrikanische Republik
- Greek: Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία
- Italian: Repubblica Centrafricana
- Japanese: 中央アフリカ共和国
- Korean: 중앙 아프리카 공화국
- Norwegian: Den sentralafrikanske republikk
- Polish: Republika Środkowoafrykańska
- European Portuguese: República Centro-Africana
- Romanian: Republica Africa Centrală
- Russian: Центральноафриканская Республика
- Latin American Spanish: República Centroafricana
- Swedish: Centralafrikanska republiken
- Thai: ประเทศสาธาณะรัฐอัฟริกันกลาง
- Turkish: Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti
- Ukrainian: Центральноафриканська республіка
- Vietnamese: nước Cộng Hòa Trung Phi