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To: SoFloFreeper; mfish13
The word Negro (plural, Negroes) was used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance. Negro denotes "black" in Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the ancient Latin word niger, meaning black, which itself is probably from a Proto-Indo-European root *nek-, "to be dark", akin to *nok-, night.

Niger means black in Latin? I wonder if that is how the word.............Oh never mind.

15 posted on 03/31/2016 6:10:10 PM PDT by BBell
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To: BBell

? okay. I thought that is what it meant in English too.

They aren’t cheering Hussein, that seems to be clear.


17 posted on 03/31/2016 6:13:21 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper (Just say no to HRC)
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To: BBell
I wonder if that is how the word............

Nigerian? Is that what you were looking for?

23 posted on 03/31/2016 6:25:05 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Ohhh....Derka derka derka!)
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