African

Alternative formsEdit

• Afric (poetic, archaic)

EtymologyEdit

Attested as a noun in Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural). From Latin Africānae. In Middle English as Aufrican, early Modern English Aphricane, Africans. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African.

Latin Africus is from Afri (singular Afer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in modern Tunisia), with the suffix -icus. Africānus is formed by addition of the -ānus suffix.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/

AdjectiveEdit

African (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Africa.

Derived termsEdit

• African elephant
• African hemp
• African marigold
• African oak
• African penguin
• African teak
• African violet
• North African
• South African

HyponymsEdit

• Maghrebi
• Congolese
• Ethiopian
• Ugandan
• Zimbabwean
• Mozambican

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

African (plural Africans)

1. A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
   • 2007, African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):

     Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

HyponymsEdit

• sub-Saharan, Maghrebi

TranslationsEdit

Derived termsEdit

• Africanism

AnagramsEdit

• Francia