African clawed frog Xenopus laevis | a tongueless frog native to Africa, established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals |
African chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon | a chameleon found in Africa |
African monitor Varanus niloticus | destroys crocodile eggs |
African crocodile Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus | a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa |
African coral snake Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
African grey African gray Psittacus erithacus | commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face, native to equatorial Africa |
African hunting dog hyena dog Cape hunting dog Lycaon pictus | a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs, now rare in settled area |
African wild ass Equus asinus | a wild ass of Africa |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
African elephant Loxodonta africana | an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks |
kat khat qat quat cat Arabian tea African tea | the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea, has the effect of a euphoric stimulant, in Yemen kat is used daily by % of adults |
African American Vernacular English AAVE African American English Black English Black English Vernacular Black Vernacular Black Vernacular English Ebonics | a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States |
East Midland | the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English |
Afrikaans Taal South African Dutch | an official language of the Republic of South Africa, closely related to Dutch and Flemish |
East Germanic East Germanic language | an extinct branch of the Germanic languages |
Turfan East Tocharian Turfan dialect | a dialect of Tocharian |
East Chadic | a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad |
West African | a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa |
black music African-American music | music created by African-American musicians, early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses |
East India Company | an English company formed in to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia, in the th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in after the Indian Mutiny |
East Turkistan Islamic Movement East Turkestan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang, declared by China in to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression |
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of countries in Asia and the Far East |
east | a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city |
East Orient | the countries of Asia |
Far East | a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia) |
East eastern United States | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River |
east side | the side that is on the east |
east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
African country African nation | any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
East Africa | a geographical area in eastern Africa |
Central African Republic Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
East Germany German Democratic Republic | a republic in north central Europe on the Baltic, established by the Soviet Union in , reunified with West Germany in |
East Timor | a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in , voted for independence from Indonesia in and in May became an independent nation |
Middle East Mideast Near East | the area around the eastern Mediterranean, from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran, the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam, had continuous economic and political turmoil in the th century, the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization |
Malay Archipelago East Indies East India | a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia |
Bangladesh People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangla Desh East Pakistan | a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south, formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan, it achieved independence in |
British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
East Sussex | a county in southern England on the English Channel |
East Anglia | a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom |
Indonesia Republic of Indonesia Dutch East Indies | a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than , islands, achieved independence from the Netherlands in , the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions |
East Malaysia | the part of Malaysia that is on the island of Borneo |
East Coast | the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.) |
East Saint Louis | a town in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi across from Saint Louis |
East River | a tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
East China Sea | part of the Pacific Ocean near eastern Asia |
Sea of Japan East Sea | an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan |
African | a native or inhabitant of Africa |
Black African | an African who is Black |
African-American African American Afro-American Black American | an American whose ancestors were born in Africa |
East Indian | a native or inhabitant of the East Indies |