Negro

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Ne·gro

 (nē′grō)

n. pl. Ne·groes Often Offensive

1. A black person.

2. A member of the Negroid race. Not in scientific use.

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[Spanish and Portuguese negro, black, black person, from Latin niger, nigr-, black; see nek^w-t- in Indo-European roots.]

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Ne′gro adj.

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Negro

(ˈniːɡrəʊ)

n, pl -groes

(Peoples) a member of any of the dark-skinned indigenous peoples of Africa and their descendants elsewhere

adj

(Peoples) relating to or characteristic of Negroes

[C16: from Spanish or Portuguese: black, from Latin niger black]

ˈNegroˌism n

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Negro

(ˈneɪɡrəʊ; ˈnɛɡ-)

n

1. (Placename) a river in NW South America, rising in E Colombia (as the Guainía) and flowing east, then south as part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, entering Brazil and continuing southeast to join the Amazon at Manáus. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)

2. (Placename) a river in S central Argentina, formed by the confluence of the Neuquén and Limay Rivers and flowing east and southeast to the Atlantic. Length: about 1014 km (630 miles)

3. (Placename) a river in central Uruguay, rising in S Brazil and flowing southwest into the Uruguay River. Length: about 467 km (290 miles)

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Ne•gro¹

(ˈni groʊ)

n., pl. -groes,
adj. Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. n.

1. a member of any of the indigenous peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, or one of their descendants.

adj.

2. of or designating Negroes.

[1545–55; < Sp and Portuguese negro black < Latin nigrum, masculine acc. of niger black]

usage: See black.

Ne•gro²

(ˈneɪ groʊ; Sp. ˈnɛ grɔ)
; Port. ne′gro͝o),
n.

1. a river in NW South America, flowing SE from Colombia into the Amazon. 1400 mi. (2255 km) long.

2. a river in S Argentina, flowing E from the Andes to the Atlantic. 700 mi. (1125 km) long.

3. a river in SE South America, flowing SW from Brazil into the Uruguay River. ab. 500 mi. (800 km) long.

Portuguese, Rio Negro. Spanish, Río Negro.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Negro - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Black person, blackamoor, Negroid, Black individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person Negress - a Black woman or girl Black race, Negro race, Negroid race - a dark-skinned race Black man - a man who is Black Black woman - a woman who is Black colored, colored person - a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive darkey, darkie, darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people jigaboo, nigger, nigra, coon, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person Tom, Uncle Tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
Adj.	1.	negro - relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair 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.

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Translations

زِنْجي، رَجُل أسْوَد

černoch

neger

Neger

νέγρος

nègre

néger

svertingi

negronegra

negras

nēģeris

neger

zenci

黑人

Negro

[ˈniːgrəʊ] (pej in US)

A. ADJ → negro

B. N (Negroes (pl)) → negro m

C. Negro spiritual N → espiritual m

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Negro

[ˈniːgrəʊ] [Negroes] (pl) (old-fashioned)

adj

(gen) → noir(e)

[music, arts] → nègre, noir(e)

n → Noir(e) m/f

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Negro

(neg!)

adj → Neger- (neg!); Negro slave → Negersklave m → /-sklavin f

n → Schwarze(r) m, → Neger m (neg!)

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Negro

[ˈniːgrəʊ] (offensive)

1. adj → negro/a

2. n (-es (pl)) → negro/a

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Negro

(ˈniːgrəu) – feminine ˈNegress: plural ˈNegroes – noun

a name for a person belonging to or descended from the black-skinned race from the area of Africa south of the Sahara. Neger زِنْجي، رَجُل أسْوَد негър negro černoch der Neger neger νέγροςnegro; negra neeger سیاه پوست neekeri Noir, Noire כושי हब्शी crnac néger Negro svertingi negro 黒人 (특히 아프리카의) 흑인 negras nēģeris orang kulit hitam neger neger/negresse Murzyn تور پوستى negro негр černoch, -ška črnec crnac neger คนนิโกร zenci 黑人 негр حبشي người da đen 黑人

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