Afro-Asian

American  

[af-roh-ay-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ˈæf roʊˈeɪ ʒən, -ʃən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.

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Afro-Asian British  

adjective

1. of or relating to both Africa and Asia, esp as part of the Third World

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Etymology

Origin of Afro-Asian

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

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Afro-Asian

Highlights included a very pregnant Beyoncé, all golden, a kind of Afro-Asian space empress, surrounded by flowing waves of dancers, tipping back in a chair so far it made you say, “Hey, the baby.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2017

Sixty years ago, representatives from 29 Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, for the “Conference of Afro-Asian Peoples,” known more colloquially as the Bandung Conference.

From Time ● Aug. 26, 2015

In Cairo, he hangs out with African-American jazz aficionados who are trying to create a “progressive” Afro-Asian genre to counter what’s being broadcast by the State Department.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2015

A fortnight ago, the two men checked into the Hilton ostensibly to attend a meeting of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, chaired by Sebai.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ten thousand years ago, not more than a few million sheep, cattle, goats, boars and chickens lived in restricted Afro-Asian niches.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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