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Afrasian

 [af-rey-zhuhn, -shuhn]  

Af·ra·sian

   [af-rey-zhuhn, -shuhn]
adjective
1.
of Afrasia.
2.
of mixed African and Asian descent.
noun
3.
the offspring of an African and an Asian.

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Origin:
Afrasi(a) + -an
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afrasian

noun
a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa [syn: Afroasiatic] 
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