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Negro

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See also: negro, négro, and ñegro

English

Pronunciation

Noun

Negro (plural Negroes or Negros)

  1. (dated, now usually offensive) Alternative letter-case form of negro.
    • 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
      Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.

Usage notes

By some speakers and in some contexts (chiefly historical), the capitalized form Negro is considered more respectful than the more usual negro (as in baseball's Negro Leagues). Both forms, however, are still frequently offensive to present-day speakers.

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Galician

Etymology

From negro, "dark", "black".

Proper noun

Negro m

  1. a surname

References

  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “Negro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • “Negro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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Tagalog

Etymology

See negro.

Pronunciation

Noun

Negro (feminine Negra, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ) (colloquial, usually derogatory)

  1. those of African descent with sub-Saharan origin, especially black Africans or African-Americans
  2. person of dark complexion
    Synonym: (slang) Egoy

Further reading

  • “Negro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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