Eurafrican

1. not comparableOf or relating to the continents of, or countries in, both Europe and Africa; having both European and African characteristics.

   The Eurafrican substrate [hypothesis] is based mainly on comparisons between Sardinian, Berber and Basque, as well as on comparanda from Gallo-Romance and Insular Celtic.

   2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 12

   Synonyms: Eurafric, Euroafrican

2. not comparableOf a person: of mixed European and African descent; (specifically, South Africa) synonym of colored (“belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).

   Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican

3. archaicnot comparableanthropologyOf a person: from the parts of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

plural Eurafricans

1. A person of mixed European and African descent.

   Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153

   Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican

   1. An African person with European ancestors.

      Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican

   2. South AfricaSynonym of colored (“a person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian)”).First known use late 19th c.

      Synonyms: Afropean, Euroafrican, Euroafrican, colored