Nigritia

See also: nigritia

English

Etymology

From Latin Nigritia, from niger (“shining black”) + -itia (noun-forming suffix).

Proper noun

Nigritia

  1. (dated or historical) Synonym of Negroland, a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally.

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