Negro

Ne·gro  (ngr)

n. pl. Ne·groes Often Offensive

1. A Black person. See Usage Note at black.

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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Negro adj.

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Ne·gro  (ngr, ngr, -gr), Río

1. A river rising in central Argentina and flowing about 644 km (400 mi) eastward to the Atlantic Ocean.

2. A river rising in southern Brazil and flowing about 805 km (500 mi) generally southwest to the Uruguay River in central Uruguay.

3. A river of northwest South America flowing about 2,253 km (1,400 mi) from eastern Colombia to the Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil. Part of its course forms a section of the Colombia-Venezuela border.

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Negro¹ Old-fashioned or offensive

n pl -groes

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

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) relating to or characteristic of Negroes

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

Negroism  n

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Negro²

n

Río

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)

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, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" 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.

Translations

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 [ˈniːgrəʊ] (offensive)

1. adj → negro/a

2. n (-es (pl)) → negro/a

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Negro

n Negro [ˈniːgrəu]

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 černoch neger der Neger νέγρος negro; negra neeger سیاه پوست neekeri Noir, Noire כּושִׁי हब्शी crnac néger Negro svertingi negro 黒人 (특히 아프리카의) 흑인 negras nēģeris orang kulit hitam neger neger/negresse Murzyn negro негр černoch, -ška črnec crnac neger คนนิโกร zenci 黑人 негр حبشي người da đen 黑人