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negro

Pronunciation: /ˈniɡɹoʊ/

The English word “negro” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relating to a black ethnicity.
  2. Black or dark brown in color.

noun

  1. A person of black African ancestry.
  2. A slave, especially one of African ancestry.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. Compare nigrescence.

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