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[ adjective ] of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
Examples "African languages" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The African rock_python , a close second , is followed in_turn by the reticulate python . the anaconda reaches a length of at_least 37 feet , the reticulate python 33 , the African rock_python 25 , the amethystine_python at_least 22 , the Indian_python 20 , and the boa_constrictor 18 - 1_2 . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)And_then the Amen_corner took_hold , re-enacting a form of group_participation in worship that stemmed from years before the Greek_chorus , spreading down through the African forest , overseas to the West_Indies , and then here in Alabama . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)From the curio cabinet on its south wall and the bureaus beneath , you abstracted seventeen ivory , metal , wood , and stone sculptures of Oriental and African origin , two snuffboxes , and a jade handled magnifying_glass . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a native or inhabitant of Africa
Related terms person Ethiopian Sudanese Beninese Angolan Algerian Egyptian Burundian Cameroonian Carthaginian Chadian Chewa Basotho Namibian Sierra_Leonean South_African Gabonese Kenyan Liberian Libyan Madagascan Malawian Malian Mauritanian Moroccan Mozambican Nigerian Congolese Nigerien Senegalese Djiboutian Somali Bantu Eurafrican Swazi Tanzanian Togolese Tuareg Tunisian Ugandan Gambian Ghanian Guinean Rwandan Sierra_Leonian Somalian Zairese Zambian Zimbabwean Zulu ewe fellata Nubian Black_African |
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