Definitions for African
ˈæf rɪ kənAfrican

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Africanadjective

   a native or inhabitant of Africa

2. Africanadjective

   of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

   "African languages"

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Africannoun

   A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

2. Africanadjective

   Of or pertaining to Africa.

3. Etymology: As a noun in Old English as Africanas "Africans" (only plural). From Africānae.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Africanadjective

   of or pertaining to Africa

2. Africannoun

   a native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race

3. Etymology: [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. African

   af′rik-an, adj. pertaining to Africa—also Af′ric.—ns. Af′rican, a native of Africa; Africand′er, one born of white parents in Cape Colony or other parts of South Africa. [L. Africus, Africanus—Afer, African.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'African' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2318

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'African' in Adjectives Frequency: #314

Anagrams for African »

1. Francia

How to pronounce African?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say African in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of African in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of African in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of African in a Sentence

1. Jeff Zeleny:

   Well, I think it's the state that I'm going to do well in, it has 60 % of this vote... is African American vote. They have an opportunity to basically choose who the nominee is.

2. Brigadier General James Linder:

   By 2050, one-third of the global population will be on the African continent, the global economy and the global community need stable countries in Africa and that can only happen through African nation states themselves.

3. Edouard Duval:

   South African wine now has great advantages over Australian wine because of the new tariff situation, south African wines are more innovative and beautiful.

4. Julian Zelizer:

   A good economy can create expectations for social movement politics, in the 1960s, the strong economy gave support to civil rights movement, with demands that African Americans be included in the growing middle class ; it produced more educated young people who were the heart of movement politics with the war ; and it gave support to ideas like fighting poverty, since the country could afford to do so.

5. Alessandro Capponi:

   It will be seen as an injustice, you may not see people out on the streets, but if you ask 10 people what they think, those 10 people will tell you they see it as a complete injustice that only the Italian and the African are in prison. The Italians will say that the American gets away with murder and it won't be the first time.

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