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Ne·gro

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–noun

1.	Anthropology. a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa: no longer in technical use.

–adjective

2.	of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, generally marked by brown to black skin pigmentation, dark eyes, and woolly or crisp hair and including esp. the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara.

3.	being a member of the black peoples of humankind, esp. those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.

[Origin: 1545–55; < Sp and Pg negro black < L nigrum, masc. acc. of niger black

]

—Usage note See black.

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Ne·gro

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1.	a river in NW South America, flowing SE from E Colombia through N Brazil into the Amazon. 1400 mi. (2255 km) long.

2.	a river in S Argentina, flowing E from the Andes to the Atlantic. 700 mi. (1125 km) long.

3.	a river in SE South America, flowing S from Brazil and W through Uruguay, to the Uruguay River. ab. 500 mi. (800 km) long.

Also called Negro River.

Portuguese, Rio Negro.

Spanish, Río Negro.

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Ne·gro Audio Help (nē'grō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Ne·groes Often Offensive

A Black person. See Usage Note at black.
A member of the Negroid race. Not in scientific use.

[Spanish and Portuguese negro, black, Black person, from Latin niger, nigr-, black; see nek^w-t- in Indo-European roots.]

Ne'gro adj.

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Ne·gro Audio Help (nā'grō, ně'grō, -grŏŏ) Pronunciation Key

A river rising in central Argentina and flowing about 644 km (400 mi) eastward to the Atlantic Ocean.
A river rising in southern Brazil and flowing about 805 km (500 mi) generally southwest to the Uruguay River in central Uruguay.
A river of northwest South America flowing about 2,253 km (1,400 mi) from eastern Colombia to the Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil. Part of its course forms a section of the Colombia-Venezuela border.

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Negro

"member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1555, from Sp. or Port. negro "black," from L. nigrum (nom. niger) "black," of unknown origin. Use with a capital N- became general early 20c. (e.g. 1930 in "New York Times" stylebook) in ref. to U.S. citizens of African descent, but because of its perceived association with white-imposed attitudes and roles the word was ousted late 1960s in this sense by Black (q.v.).

"Professor Booker T. Washington, being politely interrogated ... as to whether negroes ought to be called 'negroes' or 'members of the colored race' has replied that it has long been his own practice to write and speak of members of his race as negroes, and when using the term 'negro' as a race designation to employ the capital 'N' " ["Harper's Weekly," June 2, 1906]

Negress (1786) is from Fr. négresse, fem. of nègre "negro." Negroid is attested from 1859, a hybrid, with Gk. suffix -oeides "like, resembling."

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negro
adjective
1.	relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair
noun
1.	a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black]

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Negro [ˈniːgrəu] noun — feminine ˈNegress; plural ˈNegroes

a name for a person belonging to or descended from the black-skinned race from the area of Africa south of the Sahara

Arabic:	زِنْجي، رَجُل أسْوَد
Chinese (Simplified):	黑人
Chinese (Traditional):	黑人
Czech:	černoch
Danish:	neger
Dutch:	neger
Estonian:	neeger
Finnish:	neekeri
French:	Noir, Noire
German:	der Neger
Greek:	νέγρος
Hungarian:	néger
Icelandic:	svertingi
Indonesian:	Negro

Italian:	negro
Japanese:	黒人
Latvian:	nēģeris
Lithuanian:	negras
Norwegian:	neger, *negresse
Polish:	Murzyn
Portuguese (Brazil):	negro
Portuguese (Portugal):	negro
Russian:	негр
Slovak:	černoch, -ška
Slovenian:	črnec
Spanish:	negro; negra
Swedish:	neger
Turkish:	zenci

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Liborio Negro]n Torres, PR (comunidad, FIPS 45379) Location: 18.04512 N, 66.94281 W
Population (1990): 1246 (440 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

El Negro, PR (comunidad, FIPS 25685) Location: 18.03935 N, 65.85172 W
Population (1990): 1387 (416 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Negro

An*neal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an?lan; an on + ?lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro.]

1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.

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Negro

Ne"gress\, n.; pl. Negresses. [Cf. F. n['e]grese, fem. of n['e]gre a negro. See Negro.] A black woman; a female negro.

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