NEGRO

I. noun (plural ~es) Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese, from negro black, from Latin nigr-, niger Date: 1555 a member of a race of humankind native to Africa and classified according to physical features (as dark skin pigmentation), ~ adjective, sometimes offensive negroid adjective or noun, often capitalized, sometimes offensive ~ness noun, sometimes offensive II. geographical name river 400 miles (640 kilometers ) S central Argentina flowing E into the Atlantic, river 1400 miles (2253 kilometers ) E Colombia & N Brazil flowing into the Amazon, river 434 miles (698 kilometers ) central Uruguay flowing SW into Uruguay River