African

african Afričan English Alternative forms en Afrikan sometimes used in AAVE en Afric poetic archaic Etymology Attested as a noun in early New English en Aphricane, Africans plural, en enm - as enm Affrican, enm Aufrican and en ang - as ang Africanas Africans only plural. From en la āfricānae, from la āfricānus, from la Āfricus. The adjective appears in the 16th century, as Affricane, Africane, African. Latin la Āfricus is from la Āfri (singular la Āfer), the name of an ancient people of North Africa (near Carthage, in Tunisia), with the suffix la -icus. la āfricānus is formed by addition of the la -ānus suffix. en Africa -n. Pronunciation en /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-African.wav Southern England en /ˈæf.ɹə.kən/ weak vowel Adjective Of or pertaining to Africa. en Daniel Howden Europe has rediscovered compassion for refugees – but only if they’re white w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/mar/10/europe-compassion-refugees-white-european 2022-03-10 Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe. black; en dated offensive en negroid 1. en The truth is that I know the guy had African skin and a shirt of some sort. en 2013 Stem Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition 311 ScholarlyEditions 9781481680325 In vivo and in vitro approaches in understanding the differences between Caucasian and African skin types: en Hyponyms en Maghrebi Congolese Ethiopian Ugandan Zimbabwean Mozambican Derived terms en Affrilachia Affrilachian Afrabian African-American African angelshark African anteater African baobab African barbet African blackwood African boxthorn African broadbill African buffalo African bullfrog African cardamom African cherry orange African English African lioness African net sponge African unicorn African civet African crake African crested porcupine African custard apple African dwarf sawshark African elephant (Loxodonta africana species or Loxodonta cyclotis species L. cyclotis) African emerald cuckoo Africanesque Africaness Africanfuturism African ginger African glass catfish African golden wolf African golf African harrier-hawk African helmeted turtle African hemp (Sparrmannia africana species) African hobby African hoopoe African horse sickness African hunting dog Africanisation Africanise Africanish Africanist Africanity Africanization Africanize African jack Africanjujuism African Latin African lethargy Africanlike African-like African lily African linden (Sparrmannia africana species) African linsang African Lion Dog African Lion Hound African long-tailed shrike African lungfish African mango African marigold (Tagetes erecta species) African massage African milk barrel African milk tree African millet African myrrh Africanness African oak (Oldfieldia africana species) Africanoid African openbill African palm civet African pear African pearwood African penguin (Spheniscus demersus species) African pygmy goat African pygmy goose African medlar Southern African African Romance African sand fox African sharptooth catfish African Shorthair African skimmer African spotted creeper African spurred tortoise African sugar cane African swine fever virus species African teak African time African Union African violet (Saintpaulia genus spp.) African walnut African warbler African whitewood African wild ass African wild donkey African wolf African Zionism African bee African cypress African golden cat African manatee African rue African snail East African lowland honey bee giant African land snail Northeast African cheetah West African manatee Africoon Africoon-Americoon Africunt Afrimerican Afristocracy Afristocrat afro Afrocoon Afropean animal African trypanosomiasis Apefrica Blafrican Central African Central African Federation Central African Republic East African Eurafrican Eurasiafrican Halfrican human African trypanosomiasis Indo-African Negro-African North African Pan-African Slavfrican South African southern African frilled shark West African hemorrhagic fever African't Africanist Translations of or pertaining to Africa Albanian: sq afrikan Old Albanian: sq harapes Amharic: am አፍሪካዊ Arabic: ar إِفْرِيقِيّ, ar أَفْرِيقِيّ Armenian: hy աֆրիկական, hy աֆրիկյան Asturian: ast africanu Azerbaijani: az afrikalı Belarusian: be афрыка́нскі Bengali: bn আফ্রিকান Bulgarian: bg африка́нски Burmese: my အာဖရိက, my အာဖရိကန် Catalan: ca africà Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 非洲 Fēizhōu de 非洲的 Czech: cs africký Danish: da afrikansk Dutch: nl Afrikaans Estonian: et Aafrika Faroese: fo afrikanskur Finnish: fi afrikkalainen French: fr africain Galician: gl africano Georgian: ka აფრიკული German: de afrikanisch Greek: el αφρικανικός Hawaiian: haw ʻApelika Hebrew: he אַפְרִיקַאי afrikái Hindi: hi अफ़्रीकी, hi हब्शी m Hungarian: hu afrikai Icelandic: is afrískur Ido: io Afrikana Irish: ga Afracach Italian: it africano Japanese: ja アフリカ Afurika no アフリカの Kazakh: kk африкалық Khmer: km អាហ្វ្រិក Korean: ko 아프리카 아프리카-의 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Efrîqayî Kyrgyz: ky африкалык Lao: lo ອາຟຣິກກາ Latin: la āfer, la āfricus, la āfricānus Latvian: lv afrikāņu, lv afrikānis Lithuanian: lt afrikiečių, lt afrikietiškas Macedonian: mk африкански Marathi: mr आफ्रिकन Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn африк Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afrikansk Occitan: oc african Odia: or ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ Pashto: ps افريقايي afriqāyi Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira آفْریقایی Polish: pl afrykański Portuguese: pt africano Romanian: ro african Russian: ru африка́нский Scottish Gaelic: gd Afragach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh а̀фричкӣ, sh афрѝка̄нскӣ Latin: sh àfričkī, sh afrìkānskī Sicilian: scn africanu, scn fricanu apheretic, subseded Slovak: sk africký Slovene: sl afriški Spanish: es africano Swahili: sw kiafrika Swedish: sv afrikansk Tagalog: tl Aprikahin Tajik: tg африқоӣ Telugu: te ఆఫ్రికను Thai: th แอฟริกา Tigrinya: ti ኣፍሪቃዊ Turkish: tr Afrikalı Turkmen: tk afrikaly Ukrainian: uk африка́нський Urdu: ur اَفْرِیقی Uyghur: ug ئافرىقىلىق Uzbek: uz afrikalik Vietnamese: vi Châu Phi, vi Phi Châu dated Volapük: vo Frikopik, obsolete vo Fikopik Welsh: cy Affricanaidd Yiddish: yi אַפֿריקאַניש language Afrikaans Noun A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race. en 2007 African Immigrant Religions in America 0814762409 Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine. en 2019 w:Razib Khan Arabia between Africa and Eurasia https://blog.insito.me/arabia-between-africa-eurasia-90ebeb9e6767 But new research suggests another possibility: all Africans may have ancestry from “West Eurasian” populations which moved back into Africa after the “Out of Africa” event ~50,000 years ago. en Larry Madowo Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/travel/africans-europe-schengen-denied-visas-applications 2025-05-21 The Cameroonian’s case is unique as many Africans denied Schengen visas rarely appeal or contest the decisions in court. https://web.archive.org/web/20260307153805/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/travel/africans-europe-schengen-denied-visas-applications 7 March 2026 Hyponyms en sub-Saharan Maghrebi Derived terms en Africanism Translations a native of Africa Afrikaans: af Afrikaan Albanian: sq afrikan m, sq afrikane f Arabic: ar إِفْرِيقِيّ m, ar إِفْرِيقِيَّة f Armenian: hy աֆրիկացի Azerbaijani: az afrikalı Belarusian: be афрыка́нец m, be афрыка́нка f Bengali: bn আফ্রিকান Breton: br Afrikan m, br Afrikanez f, br Afrikanek Bulgarian: bg африка́нец m, bg африка́нка f Burmese: my အာဖရိကတိုက်သူ Catalan: ca africà m, ca africana f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 非洲人 Mandarin: cmn 非洲人 fēizhōurén Czech: cs Afričan m, cs Afričanka f Danish: da afrikaner Dutch: nl Afrikaan m, nl Afrikaanse f Faroese: fo afrikani m Finnish: fi afrikkalainen French: fr Africain m, fr Africaine f Frisian: North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum frr aafrikooner m Galician: gl africano m, gl africana f Georgian: ka აფრიკელი German: de Afrikaner m, de Afrikanerin f female Greek: el Αφρικανός m, el Αφρικανή f Ancient Greek: grc Ἄφρος m Hawaiian: haw ʻApelika Hebrew: he אַפְרִיקַאי m afrikái, he אפריקאית f afrikáit Hindi: hi अफ़्रीकी m f, hi हब्शी m Hungarian: hu afrikai Icelandic: is Afríkumaður m, is Afríkubúi m Ido: ♂♀ io Afrikano, ♂ io Afrikanulo, ♀ io Afrikanino Irish: ga Afracach m Italian: it africano m, it africana f Japanese: ja アフリカ人 afurikajin Kazakh: kk африкалық Korean: ko 아프리카인, ko 아프리카 사람 Kyrgyz: ky африкалык, ky африканец Latin: la Āfer m Latvian: lv afrikānis m, lv afrikāniete f Lithuanian: lt afrikietis m, lt afrikietė f Macedonian: mk Африканец m, mk Африканка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb afrikaner m Nynorsk: nn afrikanar m Occitan: oc african m Odia: or ଆଫ୍ରିକୀୟ Ojibwe: oj makadewiiyaas Pashto: ps افريقايي m f afriqāyí Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira آفْریقایی Polish: pl Afrykanin m, pl Afrykanka f Portuguese: pt africano m, pt africana f Romanian: ro african m, ro africană f Russian: ru африка́нец m, ru африка́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Африка́нац m, sh Афрѝка̄нка f Latin: sh Afrikánac m, sh Afrìkānka f Slovak: sk Afričan m, sk Afričanka f Slovene: sl afričan m, sl afričanka f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Afričan m, hsb Afričanka f Sotho: st Moafrika Spanish: es africano m, es africana f Swahili: sw Mwafrika Swedish: sv afrikan c Tajik: tg африқоӣ Telugu: te ఆఫ్రికను Turkish: tr Afrikalı Turkmen: tk afrikaly Ukrainian: uk африка́нець m, uk африка́нка f Urdu: ur اَفْرِیقی m f Uyghur: ug ئافرىقىلىق Uzbek: uz afrikalik Vietnamese: vi người châu Phi, vi người Phi châu dated Volapük: ♂♀ vo Frikopan, ♂ vo hi-Frikopan, ♀ vo ji-Frikopan, ♂♀, obsolete vo Fikopel Welsh: cy Affricanwr m Yiddish: yi אַפֿריקאַנער m, yi אַפֿריקאַנערין f Anagrams en aacfinr Francia acifran en proper adjectives en Demonyms Old English Pronunciation African Proper noun m an African Declension African References African 1151