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* African Americans
African American is a noun in the English language, most notable for its usage in a positive context to refer to black people (generally people who were originally from Africa), and also as a formal term, among other contexts. It is a common ethnic label. The word originated as a term used in a neutral context to refer to black people, as a variation of the Spanish/Portuguese noun AfroAmeri, a descendant of the Latin adjective Afro, meaning the color "black".