"West African" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=West African}} West African (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to West Africa, its people, or its culture. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Demonyms Derived forms: West African Pidgin Portuguese Translations (relating to West Africa): পশ্চিম আফ্রিকী (pościm aphriki) (Bengali), vestafrikansk (Danish), West-Afrikaans (Dutch), westafrikanisch (German), vestafrikansk (Norwegian Bokmål), vestafrikansk (Norwegian Nynorsk), västafrikansk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-West_African-en-adj-RI4F7Td1 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 41

Noun

Forms: West Africans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=West African}} West African (plural West Africans)
  1. A West African person; one who comes from or lives in West Africa. Translations (who comes from or lives in West Africa): পশ্চিম আফ্রিকী (pościm aphriki) (Bengali), West-Afrikaan [masculine] (Dutch), West-Afrikaanse [feminine] (Dutch), Westafrikaner [masculine] (German), Westafrikanerin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-West_African-en-noun-5UTZ8MTN

Inflected forms

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