ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF DUTCH NAMES. Difficulty is sometimes experienced in the examination of church records in this region (and the same occurs in the records in family Bibles and inscriptions on tombstones) by the want of familiarity with Dutch nomenclature.
Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.plit and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.
Africa is the only continent that straddles the equator and therefore incorporates both the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. The climate south of the equator mirrors that of the north of the equator but the shape of the northern half of Africa reduces any maritime influence.