Much has been made of the fact that an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama could be elected President. But my personal story is not so unique.
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African-american
//ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən//
Synonyms for "african-american" (19 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (9)
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5 entriesderived
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 27 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- афраамерыканец noun (A black American)
Catalan
1 entries- afroamericà noun (A black American)
Chickasaw
1 entries- hattak losa' noun (A black American)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 美國黑人 /美国黑人 noun (A black American)
- 非裔美國人 /非裔美国人 noun (A black American)
Czech
2 entries- afroamerický adj (American and black)
- Afroameričan noun (A black American)
Dutch
2 entries- Afro-Amerikaans adj (American and black)
- Afro-Amerikaan noun (A black American)
Esperanto
1 entries- afrik-usonano noun (A black American)
Finnish
4 entries- afrikkalaisamerikkalainen adj (American and black)
- afroamerikkalainen adj (American and black)
- afrikkalaisamerikkalainen noun (A black American)
- afroamerikkalainen noun (A black American)
French
4 entries- afro-américain adj (American and black)
- afro-américaine adj (American and black)
- Afro-Américain noun (A black American)
- Afro-Américaine noun (A black American)
Galician
2 entries- afroamericano adj (American and black)
- afroamericano noun (A black American)
Georgian
2 entries- აფრო-ამერიკელი adj (American and black)
- აფროამერიკელი adj (American and black)
German
4 entries- afroamerikanisch adj (American and black)
- Afro-Amerikaner noun (A black American)
- Afro-Amerikanerin noun (A black American)
- Afroamerikaner noun (A black American)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- Afriken-Ameriken noun (A black American)
Hungarian
2 entries- afroamerikai adj (American and black)
- afroamerikai noun (A black American)
Irish
1 entries- meiriceánaigh afracacha noun (A black American)
Japanese
1 entries- アフリカ系アメリカ人 noun (A black American)
Latvian
2 entries- afroamerikāne noun (A black American)
- afroamerikānis noun (A black American)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- afroamerikaner noun (A black American)
Polish
3 entries- afroamerykański adj (American and black)
- Afroamerykanin noun (A black American)
- Afroamerykanka noun (A black American)
Portuguese
3 entries- afro-americano adj (American and black)
- afro-americana noun (A black American)
- afro-americano noun (A black American)
Romanian
3 entries- afro-american adj (American and black)
- afroamerican noun (A black American)
- afroamericană noun (A black American)
Russian
4 entries- афроамериканский adj (American and black)
- америка́нская негритя́нка noun (A black American)
- америка́нский негр noun (A black American)
- афро-америка́нец noun (A black American)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Afroamerikanac noun (A black American)
- Afroamerikanka noun (A black American)
Spanish
3 entries- afroamericano adj (American and black)
- afroamericana noun (A black American)
- afroamericano noun (A black American)
Swahili
4 entries- Mwafrika Mmarekani adj (American and black)
- Mwafrika Mmarekani noun (A black American)
- wamarekani wa kiafrika noun (A black American)
- wamarekani weusi noun (A black American)
Swedish
2 entries- afroamerikansk adj (American and black)
- afroamerikan noun (A black American)
Ukrainian
2 entries- афроамерика́нець noun (A black American)
- афроамерика́нка noun (A black American)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I have an African-American neighbor.
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The study found that African-American students were disciplined more often and more harshly than other students.
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Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space.
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