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African-American

African-American

Meaning of African-American

relating to black Americans

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British English/ˌæfrɪkən əˈmerɪkən/
American English/ˌæfrɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/
Russian transcription[ˌafrəɐmʲɪrɐˈkanskʲɪj]
African-American
African-American - афроамериканский
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African-American with Russian translation

African-American usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Школа пригласила афроамериканского автора выступить.

The school invited an African-American author to speak.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

В этом семестре она изучает афроамериканскую историю.

She is studying African-American history this semester.

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African-Americanафроамериканский
choppedрубленый
cookedприготовленный
frozenзамороженный
rawсырой
saltyсолёный
slicedнарезанный ломтиками

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What's the difference between African-American / Black

🇬🇧English
African-American

афроамериканский — relating to black Americans

B2Rarely

The school invited an African-American author to speak.

Школа пригласила афроамериканского автора выступить.

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🇬🇧English
African-American

Standard term for black Americans; same meaning as the headword.

B2Very Often

African-American history is an important part of U.S. history.

История афроамериканцев — важная часть истории США.

B
🇬🇧English
Black

Broader term: can mean the color black or, in some contexts, a Black person; not always the same as African-American.

B2Very Often

Black is often used as a broader racial identity term than African-American.

Black часто используется как более широкое обозначение расовой идентичности, чем African-American.

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How to pronounce African-American and what this word means

African-American translation: афроамериканский. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce African-American

/ˌæfrɪkən əˈmerɪkən/

African-American translation

афроамериканский

African-American examples

The school invited an African-American author to speak.

African-American transcription

/ˌæfrɪkən əˈmerɪkən/, /ˌæfrɪkən əˈmɛrɪkən/

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African-American meaning: what does it mean?

relating to black Americans

African-American pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

African-American is pronounced as /ˌæfrɪkən əˈmerɪkən/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

African-American definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

The school invited an African-American author to speak. Translation: Школа пригласила афроамериканского автора выступить.

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