afro-american

1. 1.

   pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry

   “African-American culture”

   SynonymsAfrican-American

   Similarblack

Questions about afro-american

What does afro-american mean?

afro-american means "pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry".

How many syllables are in afro-american?

afro-american has 6 syllables and divides as a-fro--a-me-ri-can under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for afro-american?

Close synonyms include African-American. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.