African

adj.
Of or relating to Africa or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Africa.
2. A person of African descent.

Pertaining to or originating in Africa.

• A. buffalo — includes black Cape buffalo, red Congo buffalo and red-brown varieties from Abyssinia to Niger. See also buffalo.
• A. clawed toad — see Xenopus laevis.
• A. daisy — see Senecio pterophorus.
• A. elephant — Loxodonta africana. See elephant.
• A. farcy — epizootic lymphangitis.
• A. glanders — see epizootic lymphangitis.
• A. green monkey — Cercopithecus aethiops.
• A. horse sickness — a highly infectious, fatal disease of horses, donkeys and mules. It is caused by an orbivirus transmitted by mosquitoes and possibly Culicoides sp. The clinical picture includes an acute pulmonary form manifested by dyspnea, cough and profuse nasal discharge, and a subacute, cardiac form in which the principal signs are edema of the head and internally, oral petechiation and esophageal paralysis. The mortality rate is very high.

  African horse sickness, pulmonary form. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003

• A. lion hound — see Rhodesian ridgeback.
• A. milk bush — Synadenium arborescens.
• A. mouth breeder — African freshwater tropical fish distinguished by their behavior of carrying the fertilized eggs in their mouths. Called also Tilapia macrocephala.
• A. pig disease — see African swine fever (below).
• A. pygmy pig — see miniature pig.
• A. redwood — see Mansonia altissima.
• A. rue — see Peganum harmala.
• A. star grass — Cynodon nlemfuensis.
• A. swine fever — a peracute, highly contagious, highly fatal disease of pigs caused by African swine fever virus, previously a member of the family Iridoviridae, now the only member of the genus Asfivirus. The virus is carried by wart hogs in which it produces no disease and is transmitted to European pigs via the tick Ornithodoros moubata porcinus. The disease was originally confined to southern Africa, but is now enzootic in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and has spread on occasion to Europe, including Spain, Portugal and Belgium, and also to Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
— Currently the disease is eradicated from South America and the Caribbean countries but remains on the Iberian peninsula and Sardinia. The disease resembles classical swine fever (hog cholera). Clinically there is high fever, severe depression, purple skin discoloration, incoordination and posterior paresis. Death occurs about 2 days after the first signs of illness. In recent times the proportion of outbreaks which have been mild in severity has increased markedly.
• A. trypanosomiasis — nagana. See trypanosomiasis.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a native or inhabitant of Africa

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The adjective African has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
  Pertains to noun: Africa (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afrikaner
adj. - afrikansk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Afrikaan(s), neger

Français (French)
n. - Africain
adj. - africain

Deutsch (German)
n. - Afrikaner
adj. - afrikanisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Αφρικανός
adj. - αφρικανικός, Αφρικανός

Italiano (Italian)
africano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - africano (m)
adj. - africano

Русский (Russian)
африканец, африканка, африканский

Español (Spanish)
n. - africano
adj. - africano

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - afrikan, afrikanska
adj. - afrikansk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非洲人, 非洲人的, 非洲的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 非洲人
adj. - 非洲人的, 非洲的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아프리카 흑인
adj. - 아프리카의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アフリカ人, アフリカ黒人
adj. - アフリカの, アフリカ人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أفريقي (صفه) زنجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אפריקני‬
adj. - ‮אפריקני, של אפריקה‬

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african	African Mask
African Art	african bread