Afro-Asiann.adj.
/ˌafrəʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌafrəʊˈeɪʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌæfroʊˈeɪʒ(ə)n/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of the region comprising Africa and Asia.
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1899 Hawaiian Gaz. 21 Oct. 1/6 Sons in the States, in Canada dear, From Austral Maori land And Afro'-Asians far and near, Your own boys, we all stand ready.
1955 Business Week 30 Apr. 134 (headline) Afro-Asians will speak for themselves.
1958 Observer 6 July 12/6 More immediate fears tend to overshadow the long-term political value of wooing the Afro-Asians.
1986 Jrnl. Palestine Stud. 15 45 Afro-Asians tend to have large families.
B. adj.
Of or relating to both Africa and Asia.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > and other
Afro-Asiatic1865
Afro-Asian1936
1936 Sci. Monthly Feb. 163/1 Afro-Asian admixtures form another group of the newer elements in South Africa.
1955 Newsweek 17 Jan. 14/1 The critical issue at the 30-nation Afro-Asian conference here in April..will be a behind-scenes struggle for power between India's Nehru and Red China's Chou En-lai.
2005 Business Recorder (Nexis) 24 Apr. The Afro-Asian movement accelerated the process of independence of many of the countries in Asia and Africa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1899