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Afro

 
Dictionary: Af·ro   (ăf') pronunciation
n., pl., -ros.
A rounded, thick, tightly curled hair style.

adj.
African in style or origin.

[Probably short for AFRO-AMERICAN.]


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WordNet: Afro
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a rounded thickly curled hairdo


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Lauryn Hill wearing an Afro wig during a performance in Central Park. (2005)

An afro, sometimes shortened to "fro", is a hairstyle in which the hair extends out from the head like a halo, cloud or ball.

History

A woman with an afro at the Tribeca Film Festival. (2007)

In the 1860s a style similar to the afro was worn by the Circassian beauties, sometimes known as "Moss-haired girls", exhibited in sideshow attractions in the United States by P.T. Barnum and others. These women were claimed to be from the Circassian people in the Northern Caucasus region, and were marketed to white audiences captivated by the "exotic East."[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Linda Frost, Never one nation: freaks, savages, and whiteness in U.S. popular culture, 1850-1877, University of Minnesota Press, 2005, p.68-88
  2. ^ The Circassian beauty archive A collection of historic Images - Circassian Beauties

Translations: Afro
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afrofrisure, afrohår
adj. - afro-

Nederlands (Dutch)
afro-kapsel, afro

Français (French)
n. - coiffure afro, africanisation
adj. - afro (une coiffure), afro-(américain), afro-(asiatique)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Afro-Look
adj. - im Afro-Look

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χτένισμα) άφρο-λουκ
adj. - (χτένισμα) άφρο-λουκ, Αφρικανός

Italiano (Italian)
afro, acconciatura crespa e ricciuta

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

Русский (Russian)
африканский стиль прически

Español (Spanish)
n. - pelo crespo, peinado afro
adj. - de Africa, tipo de pelo, estilo de peinado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - afrofrisyr
adj. - afro-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
圆蓬式发型, 圆蓬式的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圓蓬式髮型
adj. - 圓蓬式的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아프리카 흑인식 헤어스타일
adj. - 아프로 헤어스타일의, 아메리카 흑인의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アフロ, アフリカの黒人, アフロヘア
adj. - アフロスタイルの, アフリカの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أفريقي (صفه) نوع ألشعر ألأجعد ألكثيف ألطويل مثل شعر ألزنوج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תסרוקת מקורזלת‬
adj. - ‮אפריקני‬


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