Phrase Hound found 208 phrases and 37 compound words that contain african. The most common are listed below. Open african in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 208
- African-AmericanA member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent.
- South AfricanA person from South Africa or of South African descent.
- African UnionA multinational organisation consisting of 54 African nations.
- Central AfricanA person from Central Africa (the Central African Republic) or of Central African descent.
- North AfricanOf or pertaining to North Africa
- East AfricanOf, from, or pertaining to East Africa, its people, or its culture.
- Central African RepublicA country in Central Africa. Capital and largest city: Bangui. Formerly called Ubangi-Shari.
- West AfricanOf, from, or pertaining to West Africa, its people, or its culture.
- African buffaloA large African bovid, Syncerus caffer.
- African EnglishThe set of English language varieties spoken across sub-Saharan Africa that have developed their own distinct phonological, grammatical, lexical, and pragmatic features through contact between English and local African languages.
- African locust beanAny of various species of Parkia, a genus of trees in the legume family Fabaceae, especially Parkia biglobosa.
- African LatinSynonym of African Romance: An extinct Romance language spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various post-Roman successor states in the region.
- African elephantEither of two species of elephant, Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis, found in Africa.
- African-American Vernacular EnglishA variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
- African blackA variety of marijuana.
- African traditional religionA religious belief system native to Africa.
- African wolfA canine native to Africa, Canis lupaster
- South African EnglishA dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries.
- African violetAny perennial plant of section Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia (formerly genus Saintpaulia), especially Streptocarpus ionantha, with fine haired round leaves and velvety petals.
- African penguinA species of penguin, Spheniscus demersus, which live on the south-west coast of Africa.
- South African RepublicA former country in Southern Africa, the official English name of the Transvaal "Boer republic" state that existed from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902.
- African RomanceAn extinct Romance language spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various post-Roman successor states in the region.
- African mahoganyAn African tree with wood resembling mahogany, as from:
- African jackSynonym of Senegal jack: A species of large marine fish classified in the jack family Carangidae.
- African timeA notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Africans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often …
Compound words 37
- AfricanizeTo make African.
- AfricanizationThe act or process of Africanizing.
- EurafricanOf or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.
- AfricanityThe quality or characteristic of being African.
- AfricanfuturismAn Afrocentric subgenre of science fiction that foregrounds familial, spiritual and historical connections among Black people, paying particular attention to African culture, history and mythology, and African perspectives, rather than …
- AfricanjujuismAn Afrocentric subgenre of fantasy fiction that draws on African spiritualities and cosmologies.
- AfristocracyWealthy and/or elite black people collectively.
- AfristocratA wealthy and/or elite black person.
- EuroafricanSynonym of Eurafrican (“of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics; of a person: of mixed European and African descent; (specifically, South Africa) …
- AfricanesqueResembling the African style.