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African

Translation
African
—Africanness, n.
/af"ri keuhn/, adj.
1. Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa
n.
2. a native or inhabitant of Africa.
3. (loosely) a black or other person of African ancestry.
[ < L Africanus, equiv. to Afric(us) AFRIC + -anus -AN; cf. ME Aufrican, OE Africanas (nom. pl.)]

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(as used in expressions)
African ant bear
African Methodist Episcopal Church AME Church
Pan African movement
African lion dog

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Фильмы

  • The First Flight to the Stars., 1961 — About the first space shot of Yuriy Gagarin.
  • Yak-40 in the Sky, 1973 — The story is about "Yak-40" - a jet aircraft and regular flights of "Aeroflot" ["Air Fleet"] Organization in the USSR.
  • Ezhenie Kotton., 1973 — Film is about the life and activity of a public figure, laureate of the International Leninist Prize “For strengthening of the peace between nations”, the first President of the International Democratic Women Organization Eugenie Cotton.