Afro-America

proper noun

That part of the United States consisting of people of African heritage.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. That part of the United States consisting of people of African heritage.

    The crisis in Afro-America is threefold. First, the black community is undergoing profound economic crisis which most visibly takes the form of unprecedented levels of unemployment, […]

    1988, Cornel West, Prophetic Fragments, page 35

Origin

From Afro- + America.

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APA

Afro-America. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afro-America

MLA

“Afro-America.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afro-America. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Afro-America,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Afro-America.

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