Afro-Indian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person described by both African and indigenous American ancestry or culture.
    — 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.
  2. A person described by both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or culture.
    — Ngema used his song to initiate what he called a "constructive discussion" about conflicts separating Zulus and Afro-Indians.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having both African and indigenous American ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.
    — Despite the decline of Indian slavery, throughout the eighteenth century South Carolina newspapers frequently advertised for runaway Indian and Afro-Indian slaves.
  2. 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.
    — 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[...]
  3. Pertaining to both Africa and India.
    — 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.

词形变化

Afro-Indians plural Afrindian alternative,rare more Afro-Indian comparative most Afro-Indian superlative Afrindian alternative,rare

词源

词源 1
From Afro- + Indian.
词源 2
From Afro- + Indian.
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