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Nigra

//ˈnɪɡɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A black person. ethnic, offensive, slur

    "She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Negro. Southern-US, alt-of, alternative

    "You can be very Christian and American, if you don't have any Nigras."

  3. 3
    (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person wordnet

Etymology

A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.

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