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afro

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Multiple Entries:
Afro Afro-

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Afro/ˈafrəʊ/

▶noun (pl. Afros) a hairstyle consisting of a mass of very tight curls all round the head, like the natural hair of some black people.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Afro-/ˈafrəʊ/

▶combining form African; African and …: Afro-Asiatic.

■ relating to Africa: Afrocentric.

'afro' also found in these Oxford entries:

Afro - Afro- - Afro-American - Afro-Asiatic - Afro-Caribbean - afrormosia - Berber - Chadic - Cushitic - Egyptian - Hamito-Semitic - Omotic - santeria - Semitic

Forum discussions with the word(s) "afro" in the title:

"African-American" or "Afro-American"
Afro-American, African-American
Politically correct ... ['Black', 'Afro-American', etc.]

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