eurafrican
/jəˈɹæfɹəkən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.
adj
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)”).
adj
Of a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "The Eurafrican substrate [hypothesis] is based mainly on comparisons between Sardinian, Berber and Basque, as well as on comparanda from Gallo-Romance and Insular Celtic."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /jəˈɹæfɹəkən/
- British English: /jʊ(ə)ˈɹæfɹɪk(ə)n/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Euro-African