"Africanness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Africannesses [plural]
Etymology: From African + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|African|ness}} African + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} Africanness (usually uncountable, plural Africannesses)
  1. The state or quality of being African. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state or quality of being African): আফ্রিকিয়ানা (aphrikiẏana) (Bengali), afrikkalaisuus (Finnish), afrykańskość [feminine] (Polish), africanidade [feminine] (Portuguese)

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