Negroland
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negroland-307-17004183
title:
Negroland
text:
Negroland, Nigrita, or Nigritia, is an archaic term in European mapping, referring to Europeans' descriptions of West Africa as an area populated with negroes. This area comprised at least the western part of the region called Sudan. The term is probably a direct translation of the Arabic term Bilad as-Sudan, meaning "Land of the Blacks", corresponding to about the same area. There were various kinds of people in the area. The Persians called these areas Zangistān (زنگستان), meaning "Land of the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historical region in Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negroland
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date modified:
2024-04-08T03:13:42Z
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13
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