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afro

/ˈæf.ɹoʊ/noun2 syllables

Afro means: a rounded thickly curled hairdo.

Synonyms for afro3

noun, as in a rounded thickly curled hairdo

Afro hairdo

also used for afro

Afrodescendant, 'fro

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What does afro mean?1

noun

1

a rounded thickly curled hairdo

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Afro in a sentence

  • How cool would it be if Obama grew a nice, thick afro!darinmex
  • Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations are disproportionately affected.The_World_Factbook
  • Arabic anciently supplanted Ancient Egyptian, both languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family.nonong
  • The Somali language is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family, belonging specifically to the Cushitic branch.Vanilla
  • Egyptian is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, which also includes Arabic, Hebrew and Berber languages.SunnyMoon

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Forms of afro

as a noun

plural
afros