Nigritia

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Negroland, a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally. dated, historical

Etymology

From Latin Nigritia, from niger (“shining black”) + -itia (noun-forming suffix).

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