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- Latin · borrowed fromNigritia
- English todayNigritia
From Latin Nigritia, from niger (“shining black”) + -itia (noun-forming suffix).
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Nigritia
Today it means: Synonym of Negroland, a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally. Full definition →
Latin Nigritia