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African Time

African Time is the alternative letter-case form of African time.

Noun capitalized: African time

African time (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang, sometimes) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Africans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.

Synonyms of African Time

Forms of African Time

alternative formAfrican Time
alternative formAfrica time

Questions about African Time

What does African Time mean?
African Time means a notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Africans, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.
What is African Time the alternative letter-case form of?
African Time is the alternative letter-case form of African time.
What part of speech is African Time?
African Time is a noun.

Words near African Time in the dictionary

  1. African sugar cane
  2. African sugarcane borer
  3. African sugarcane borers
  4. African teak
  5. African teaks
  6. African Time
  7. African toothache
  8. African toothaches
  9. African traditional religion
  10. African traditional religions
  11. African traditionalist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: African Time (page history and authors); African time (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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