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African vs Africana - What's the difference?

african | africana |

As nouns the difference between african and africana

is that african is a native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race while Africana is collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.

As an adjective African

is of or pertaining to Africa.

african

English

Alternative forms

* Afric

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to Africa.

    • Derived terms

    * African elephant * African hemp * African marigold * African oak * African penguin * African teak * African violet * North African * South African

    Hyponyms

    * Maghrebi * Congolese * Ethiopian * Ugandan * Zimbabwean * Mozambican

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
  • * 2007 , African Immigrant Religions in America (ISBN 0814762409):
    • Africans constitute significantly growing populations not only in major urban centers such as New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta but also in small and midsize cities in states such as Ohio and Maine.

    Hyponyms

    * sub-Saharan, Maghrebi

    Derived terms

    * Africanism

    Anagrams

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    africana

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • Collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
    • Africana is a word of many different meanings; to one it means books and other printed or manuscript material, to another it means objects other than books. For ''Africana Notes and News'' it is used in its widest sense ... it is restricted only from a geographical point of view; it denotes not the whole of Africa but only Southern Africa. (Africana Notes & News, 1943)

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