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Negroland

name

Etymology

From negro + -land.

  1. derived from *negʷ-✻ — “bare; night”
  2. derived from niger — “shiny black”
  3. borrowed from negro — “black”
  4. suffixed as negroland — “negro + land”

Definitions

  1. A vaguely defined region of Africa inland from the Guinea Coast.

  2. Synonym of sub-Saharan Africa.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA