Eurafrican

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English

WOTD – 21 May 2024

Etymology

From Euro- (prefix meaning ‘pertaining to Europe’) +‎ African (adjective, noun), probably modelled after Eurasian. Compare Euroafrican, Euro-African, which are attested earlier.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

Eurafrican (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.
    Synonyms: Eurafric, Euroafrican
  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)”)
    Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican
  3. (anthropology, archaic) Of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Translations

Noun

Eurafrican (plural Eurafricans)

  1. A person of mixed European and African descent.
    Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:
      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.
    1. An African person with European ancestors.
    2. (South Africa) Synonym of colored (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”)
      Synonym: Euroafrican

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References

  1. ^ Compare “Eurafrican, n. and adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2023.
  2. ^ “Eurafrican, adj. and n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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