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Afro-Latinx

Afro-Latinx adjective: of mixed African and Latin American descent.

Adjective

Afro-Latinx (not comparable)

  1. Of mixed African and Latin American descent.
    • “On the one end, it's for the Afro-Latinx folks like me who really didn't grow up with the language of Blackness in our households. People like me who have realized: I've always known there was a history we didn't talk about...”2018 April 10, Natasha S. Alford, “More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina”, in Oprah Daily

Origin of Afro-Latinx

From Afro- + Latinx.

Questions about Afro-Latinx

What does Afro-Latinx mean?
Afro-Latinx means of mixed African and Latin American descent.
What part of speech is Afro-Latinx?
Afro-Latinx is an adjective.

Words near Afro-Latinx in the dictionary

  1. Afro-Latina
  2. Afro-Latinas
  3. Afro-Latino
  4. Afro-Latinos
  5. Afro-Latins
  6. Afro-Latinx
  7. Afro-Mexican
  8. Afro-Mexicans
  9. Afro-Palestinian
  10. Afro-Peruvian
  11. Afro-pessimism

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