Negro

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'negro', 'Negro': /ˈniːɡrəʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnigroʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Phys.Anthro. nē′grō; Geogr. nā′grō; Sp. ne′gô)

Ne•gro¹ /ˈnigroʊ/USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -groes.
adj.

Physical Anthropologycharacteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, the people of which generally have brown to black skin, dark eyes, and woolly or crisp hair;
including esp. the peoples who first lived in sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Anthropologya member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race.

black

Ne•gro (nē′grō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -groes, adj.
n.

Physical Anthropology, Place Names[Anthropol.]a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa: no longer in technical use.

adj.

Physical Anthropology, Place Namesof, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, generally marked by brown to black skin pigmentation, dark eyes, and woolly or crisp hair and including esp. the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.
Physical Anthropology, Place Namesbeing a member of the black peoples of humankind, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.

black.

Ne•gro (nā′grō; Sp. ne′grô;
USA pronunciation Port. ne′grŏŏ), n.

a river in NW South America, flowing SE from E Colombia through N Brazil into the Amazon. 1400 mi. (2255 km) long.
a river in S Argentina, flowing E from the Andes to the Atlantic. 700 mi. (1125 km) long.
Place Namesa river in SE South America, flowing S from Brazil and W through Uruguay, to the Uruguay River. ab. 500 mi. (800 km) long.

Also called Ne′gro Riv′er. Portuguese, Rio Negro. Spanish, Río Negro.

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Negro /ˈniːɡrəʊ/ offensive old-fashioned n ( pl -groes)

a member of any of the dark-skinned indigenous peoples of Africa and their descendants elsewhere

adj

Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish or Portuguese: black, from Latin niger blackˈNegroˌism n

Negro /ˈneɪɡrəʊ; ˈnɛɡ-/ n Río Negro ⇒

a river in NW South America, rising in E Colombia (as the Guainía) and flowing east, then south as part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela, entering Brazil and continuing southeast to join the Amazon at Manáus. Length: about 2250 km (1400 miles)
a river in S central Argentina, formed by the confluence of the Neuquén and Limay Rivers and flowing east and southeast to the Atlantic. Length: about 1014 km (630 miles)
a river in central Uruguay, rising in S Brazil and flowing southwest into the Uruguay River. Length: about 467 km (290 miles)

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