African-American

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African American also Af·ri·can-A·mer·i·can (

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A Black American of African ancestry. See Usage Note at black.

Afri·can-A·meri·can adj.

African-American

an American of African descent

adj

of or relating to Americans of African descent

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Noun	1.	African-American - an American whose ancestors were born in Africa African American, Afro-American, Black American American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
Adj.	1.	African-American - pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American" Afro-American black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

Translations

African-American [ˌæfrɪkənəˈmerɪkən]

A. ADJ → afroamericano

B. N → afroamericano/a m/f

African-American

adj → afroamerikanisch

n → Afroamerikaner(in) m(f)

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