African-American

Etymology
Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by and in common use since the late 1980s.

Noun

 * 1) A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African descent.
 * 2)  Any black person.
 * 1)  Any black person.

Usage notes

 * In the US, this term is often seen as a more formal and polite alternative to.
 * Aside from and, most other synonyms are dated, and likely to be considered offensive in the US.
 * This term is not generally used for Americans of North African descent, such as Moroccans or Egyptians, nor is it used for White Africans. It is specifically used to refer to the group of people that have descended from the Atlantic slave trade, racial segregation, and the civil rights movement that have resided in the United States for centuries as well as other Americans with African heritage, but the term is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to other groups of people, such as West Indians, more recent African immigrants, or erroneously to any black person, even if not African or American. This incorrect usage can cause offence.

Translations

 * Belarusian: афраамерыканец
 * Catalan: afroamericà
 * Chickasaw: hattak losa'
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 美國黑人, 非裔美國人
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: afrik-usonano
 * Finnish:, afrikkalaisamerikkalainen
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, Afro-Amerikaner, , Afro-Amerikanerin
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: meiriceánaigh afracacha
 * Japanese: アフリカ系アメリカ人
 * Latvian: afroamerikānis, afroamerikāne
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: afroamerikaner
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: afro-americano, afro-americana
 * Romanian: afroamerican, afroamericană
 * Russian:, афро-америка́нка, чёрный америка́нец, чёрная америка́нка, америка́нский негр, америка́нская негритя́нка
 * Serbo-Croatian:, Afroamerikanka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: wamarekani weusi, wamarekani wa kiafrika
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: афроамерика́нець, афроамерика́нка

Adjective

 * 1)  pertaining to the African-American ethnicity.
 * , Soulaan
 * 1)  Any person of black African descent.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.

Usage notes

 * See the notes about the noun, above.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, afrikkalaisamerikkalainen
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აფრო-ამერიკელი, აფროამერიკელი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: afro-americano
 * Romanian: afro-american
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: