- Akan (Ghana): Oburoniwaa
- Amharic (Ethiopia): Enderase (lit. my eye)
- Arabic (North Africa): Mar'a jamīla (Arabic is not an African language but widely spoken)
- Bambara (Mali): Muso bɛnkan
- Bemba (Zambia): Umwanakashi ulelunga
- Chewa (Malawi): Mayi wokongola
- Efik (Nigeria): Adiaha obong (a term for female royalty too)
- Fula (Senegal): Wodde maayo
- Hausa (Nigeria): Kyaƙkyawar mace
- Igbo (Nigeria): Nwanyi di mma