Affrilachia

//ˌæf.ɹəˈlæ.tʃə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Black Appalachia; Appalachia, viewed with an eye to its black population and their culture.

Etymology

Blend of African + Appalachia, attributed to poet Frank X Walker.

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