afro-indian
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.42 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person described by both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or culture.
adj
Having both African and indigenous American ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.
adj
Having both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.
adj
Pertaining to both Africa and India.
Example Sentences
- "In a recent account of the last of the unconquered Seminoles, who are still living in the Everglades of Florida, I noticed reference to an Afro-Indian who apparently holds a position among these people corresponding to that of a sheriff, since he is described as executioner of the tribe."
- "Ngema used his song to initiate what he called a "constructive discussion" about conflicts separating Zulus and Afro-Indians."
- "Despite the decline of Indian slavery, throughout the eighteenth century South Carolina newspapers frequently advertised for runaway Indian and Afro-Indian slaves."
- "Afro-Indian settlements were established at least since the early 16th century onwards. Through migration of ex-slaves and free Africans within India, new settlements arose, such as that in the hilly district of Uttara Kannada[...]"
- "Another evidence of early Afro-Indian trade relations is to be found in the work of the Greco-Egyptian monk Cosmos Indicopleustes who wrote, as cited by Pankhurst (1972:10), in the early sixth century that Barbaria, probably Somalia, had substantial trade with India and Ceylon."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Afro-Indians (plural)
Afrindian (alternative, rare)
more Afro-Indian (comparative)
most Afro-Indian (superlative)