Meaning of AFRICAN
Pronunciation: | | 'afrikun
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- [n] a native or inhabitant of Africa
- [adj] of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples; "African languages"
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| See Also: | | Algerian, Angolan, Bantu, Basotho, Beninese, Black African, Burundian, Cameroonian, Carthaginian, Chadian, Chewa, Congolese, Djiboutian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Eurafrican, Ewe, Gabonese, Gambian, Ghanian, Guinean, human, individual, Kenyan, Liberian, Libyan, Madagascan, Malawian, Malian, Mauritanian, Moroccan, mortal, Mozambican, Namibian, Nigerian, Nigerien, person, Rwandan, Senegalese, Sierra Leonean, Sierra Leonian, Somali, Somalian, somebody, someone, soul, South African, Sudanese, Swazi, Tanzanian, Togolese, Tuareg, Tunisian, Ugandan, Zairean, Zairese, Zambian, Zimbabwean, Zulu | |
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| Definition: | | African Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer
African.]
Of or pertaining to Africa.
{African hemp}, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the
{Sanseviera Guineensis}, a plant found in Africa and
India.
{African marigold}, a tropical American plant ({Tagetes
erecta}).
{African oak} or {African teak}, a timber furnished by
{Oldfieldia Africana}, used in ship building.
\Af"ri*can\, n.
A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an
African race.
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