African-American

Definition: African-American

African-American

Adjective

1. Pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry; "Afro-American culture"; "many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American".

Noun

1. An American whose ancestors were born in Africa.

Domain	Definition
Diversity	Relating to the culture of African Americans. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: African-American

Synonym: Afro-American (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: African-American

English words defined with "African-American": African-American music, Afro-American ♦ black music ♦ kwanza, Kwanzaa ♦ rap, rap music. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	African-American Poetry: An Anthology: 1773-1927 (Dover Thrift Editions) (reference) Soul Food: Recipes & Reflections from African-American Churches (reference) Young, Gifted, and Black : Promoting High Achievement Among African-American Students (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	African-american Archaeology (reference) African-american Career World (reference) Griot - African-american African & Caribbean Business Daily (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Journey of the African-American Athlete (reference) That's Black Entertainment: African-American Contributions in Film and Music 1903-1944 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Mali To Memphis: An African-American Odyssey (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Freddie L. Jeffries First African-American C&GS officer Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Ship's African-American sailors, circa the 1880s. Credit: NAVY.
	Photographed 17 March 1944. He was a member of the Navy's first group of African-American officers. Credit: NAVY.		In the cockpit of an F4U-4 Corsair fighter, circa 1950. He was the first African-American Naval Aviator, and flew with Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32) from USS Leyte (CV-32). Credit: NAVY.
	One of the first African-American Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy. This photograph appears to have been taken circa the World War II years. Turpin enlisted in the Navy in 1896 and became Chief Gunner's Mate in 1917. He retired in that rank in 1925. He was also employed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, and, during the World War II era, made inspirational visits to Navy Training Centers and defense plants. Credit: NAVY.		View looking forward from atop her port paddle box, showing the gun crews at their posts. Taken at Bangor, Maine, during or shortly after the Civil War. Note: large Parrott rifled gun on a slide-pivot mount forward; 32-Pounder smoothbore gun nearer the camera; African-American sailor in the 32-Pounder gun's crew; fire buckets, bearing the ship's name, hung around the capstan; shot rack on the hatch in lower right; sail rigged to the foremast by hoops; windsail ventilator rigged abaft the mast; boat davits and rigging for masts and the smokestack. Credit: NAVY.
	Courtyard in New Orleans, with African-American inhabitants. Credit: Library of Congress.		A Group of African-American children receiving basketball instruction at the gymnasium of the Columbus School from Tracy Strong, a teacher paid by the National Youth Administration, Binghamton, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Bermuda Hundred, Va. African-American teamsters near the signal tower. Credit: Library of Congress.		Aiken's Landing, Va. African-American soldiers resting near the Aiken house, view looking toward the house. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		African-American and Latino communities experience disproportionate infection. (references)
		Lupus occurs in 1 out of 2,000 Americans and in as many as 1 in 250 young, African-American women. (references)
		The disease occurs in approximately 1 in every 500 African-American births and 1 in every 1,000-1,400 Hispanic- American births. (references)
Economic History	Senegal	U.S. cosmetics are a highly-regarded and sought-after product in West Africa, especially hair and cosmetic products developed for the African-American market. (references)
	Bahamas	With approximately 85 percent of the population primarily being of African descent, there is a large and growing market in The Bahamas for "ethnic" personal care products aimed at the African-American market. (references)
Minorities	Poland	In October 2000, African-American medical students in Poznan complained of sporadic verbal and, in at least one incident, physical harassment. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"African-American" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.88% of the time. "African-American" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	96.88%	31	62,296
Noun (singular)	3.13%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	32	N/A

Language		Translations for "African-American"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		非洲美国. (various references)

German		afroamerikaner. (various references)

Korean		아�"�리카 미국. (various references)

Pig Latin		african-americanay.(various references)

Turkish		zenci amerikalı (afro-american). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Proper Noun Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-e-f-i-i-m-n-n-r-r"
	-5 letters: Fairmainer, Maccaferri, Marrancini.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-a-c-c-e-f-i-i-m-n-n-r-r"
	+2 letters: African-americans.
	+5 letters: Indo-african-america.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

African-American

Definition: African-American