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Eurafrican en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /jəˈɹæfɹəkən/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jʊ-/ (General-American)
  • /jʊ(ə)ˈɹæfɹɪk(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.
    • The Eurafrican substrate [hypothesis] is based mainly on comparisons between Sardinian, Berber and Basque, as well as on comparanda from Gallo-Romance and Insular Celtic. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 12:
  2. (not-comparable) Of a person: of mixed European and African descent; (specifically, South Africa) synonym of colored (“belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).
  3. (archaic, not-comparable) Of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Relateds

Euro-African · Eurafrica · Euroafrican

Synonyms

Afropean · Eurafric · Euroafrican · Euroafrican

Translations (6)

fr eurafricain (of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics) · it eurafricano (of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics) · fi eurooppalais-afrikkalainen (of a person: of mixed European and African descent) · fi euro-afrikkalainen (of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics) · ro eurafrican (of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics) · fi Välimereltä (of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)

Eurafrican en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /jəˈɹæfɹəkən/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jʊ-/ (General-American)
  • /jʊ(ə)ˈɹæfɹɪk(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.

Meanings

  1. A person of mixed European and African descent.
    • Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:
  2. A person of mixed European and African descent. ▸ An African person with European ancestors.
  3. (South-Africa) A person of mixed European and African descent. ▸ Synonym of colored (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).

Forms

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Synonyms

Euroafrican · Euroafrican · Afropean · colored · Afropean · Euroafrican · Afropean

Translations (2)

fi eurooppalais-afrikkalainen (African person with European ancestors) · fi eurooppalais-afrikkalainen (person of mixed European and African descent)