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African Definition

Af·ri·can (af′ri kən)

adjective

of Africa, esp. sub-Saharan Africa, or its peoples, languages, or cultures

noun

  1. a member of an indigenous ethnic group of Africa, esp. sub-Saharan Africa
  2. a person born or living in Africa

African Synonyms

African

modif.

Concerning the inhabitants of Africa

Negro, negroid, black.

Terms for specific peoples include: Bantu, Zulu, Swazi, Hutu, Tutsi, Ubangi, Watusi, Dinka, Mandingo, Matabele, Khoikhoi, Hottentot, San, Bushman, Pygmy, Afrikaaner, Boer, Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa, Ashanti, Masai, Kikuyu, Somali, Ethiopian, Egyptian, Nilotic, Nubian, Hamite, Berber, Bedouin, Arab, Moor.

African Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • unofficial: Is the only audience to its the unofficial african.
  • other: Careful of association earners is to other african not covered by.
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Modifies a noun

  • gray: However, a death or a young african gray needs explaining and investigation.
  • American: More african americans likely be sold consider insuring only.
  • cichlid: The Reef Shop Plymouth opening this week Plymouth's new marine and african cichlid ret.. .
  • country: The site contains a database on southern african countries related links and infos.
  • nation: Drivers about percent sour again the us increasingly popular housing african nation a us.
  • art: Plaza Of Original Fine Art Gallery of modern art and contemporary african art.

Noun used with modifier

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