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AFRO-ASIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Afro-Asian mean?
• AFRO-ASIAN (adjective)
The adjective AFRO-ASIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples
Familiarity information: AFRO-ASIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Afro-Asian population
Pertainym:
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
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