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african | headwrap |

As an adjective african

is african.

As a noun headwrap is

a long strip of cloth wound round the head (especially as worn by african women).

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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    headwrap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long strip of cloth wound round the head (especially as worn by African women).