| 释义 |
- Places
- Placename etymology
- See also
Land of the blacks could refer to: Places- Land of the Blacks (Manhattan) - an historic area in New York City
Placename etymologyA number of toponyms share similar etymologies, ultimately alluding to the dark skin of the local inhabitants: - Blackman Bay: in reference to dark-skinned Aborigines
- Guinea (and whence New Guinea): uncertain etymology, one likely explanation is that stems from the Berber phrase Akal n-Iguinawen, meaning "land of black people"
- Melanesia: coined from Greek "islands of dark [skin]"
- Negroland: coined from Latin and Germanic, "land of black people"
- Negros Island and Los Negros Island: both derived from Spanish "island of [the] black people"
- Sudan: from Arabic "[land of] black people"
- Zanzibar: from Persian Zanj, "coast of black people"
The African nations of Niger and Nigeria derive their names from the Niger River, whose ultimate etymology is disputed but is not believed to come from the Latin niger "black". See also- Aethiopia - from {{lang|grc|Αἰθίοψ}} (Aithiops); Burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival form
- Black Belt
- Black Country
- Placename etymology
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