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Eurafrican

Eurafric \Eur*af"ric\, Eurafrican \Eur*af"ri*can\, a. [Europe + Afric, African.]

  1. (Geog.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the continents of Europe and Africa combined.

  2. (Zo["o]geography) Pert. to or designating a region including most of Europe and northern Africa south to the Sahara.

  3. Of European and African descent.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Eurafrican

1884 of the region of the Atlantic beside both continents; ; see Euro- + African Transferred or re-coined to describe the "colored" population of South Africa (1920s) and political situations involving both continents (1909).

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While the two Heads and three time travelers walked in and took seats, Zat and a stunning Eurafrican woman, tall and narrow as a soda straw, put coins in the dispenser without asking what anyone wanted, and brought them-water.