Eurafrican
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 2 a person of mixed European and African descent wordnet
- 3 A person of mixed European and African descent.; An African person with European ancestors.
- 4 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)”). South-Africa
- 1 Of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics. not-comparable
"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."
- 2 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)”). not-comparable
- 3 Of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. archaic, not-comparable
- 1 relating to or coming from Europe and Africa wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) + African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.
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