Afro-Asian

adjective

Af·​ro-Asian ˌa-frō-ə-ˈā-zhən also-shən 

: African and Asian

Mujib appealed Friday to the United Nations and Afro-Asian nations for help in the struggle.

—Milwaukee Journal, 27 May 1971

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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