LAND OF THE BLACKS=LAND OF BLACK PEOPLE

Km-Black

Kmt-Land of the Blacks

Ethiopia-Land of the Blacks

Sudan-Land of the Blacks

Zang-Black

–Zanj or Zang in Persian means Black for “country of the Blacks” or “land of the Blacks.” Other transliterations include Zenj, Zinj, and Zang.

-Zanj or Zang is a Persian term used by medieval Muslims to refer to both Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and its Black inhabitants.

-Anthony Christie, a renowned linguist scholar, argued that the word zanj or zang may not be Arabic in origin: a Chinese form (僧祇 sēngqí) is recorded as early as 607 AD. Christie argued that the word is South East Asian in origin. The Javanese word jenggi means African people, specifically the people of Zanzibar. The word jenggi, comes from the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.

Zangistān-Land of the Blacks

–Zanj or Zang is a Persian term used by medieval Muslims to refer to both Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and its Black inhabitants.

The Persians called these areas Zangistān (زنگستان), meaning “Land of the Blacks” and the name Zang and Zanj for Blacks still remains in the name of Zanzibar meaning “Coast of the Blacks”.

Zanj-Black

-Zanj or Zang in Persian means Black for “country of the Blacks” or “land of the Blacks.” Other transliterations include Zenj, Zinj, and Zang.

-Zanj or Zang is a Persian term used by medieval Muslims to refer to both Southeast Africa (primarily the Swahili Coast) and its Black inhabitants.

-Anthony Christie, a renowned linguist scholar, argued that the word zanj or zang may not be Arabic in origin: a Chinese form (僧祇 sēngqí) is recorded as early as 607 AD. Christie argued that the word is South East Asian in origin. The Javanese word jenggi means African people, specifically the people of Zanzibar. The word jenggi, comes from the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.

Zanzibar-The Coast of the Blacks

–The name Zanzibar comes from the name of a local people, Zanj, which means “Black,” and the Arabic word barr, which means “coast” or “shore.”

-The name Zang and Zanj for Blacks still remains in the name of Zanzibar meaning “Coast of the Blacks”.

-Anthony Christie, a renowned linguist scholar, argued that the word zanj or zang may not be Arabic in origin: a Chinese form (僧祇 sēngqí) is recorded as early as 607 AD. Christie argued that the word is South East Asian in origin. The Javanese word jenggi means African people, specifically the people of Zanzibar. The word jenggi, comes from the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.

Guinea-Land of the Blacks

-The Portuguese word Guiné was used in the mid-15th century to describe the lands of the Guineus, a term for the “Black” African people south of the Senegal River. The term is thought to have originated from a similar toponyms that meant “Land of the Blacks”.

Niger-Black (Latin)

–Most interpret the name Niger to mean “Black”, referring to African descent and those with black or dark skin complexion. However, linguists generally agree that the name Niger does not come from the Latin word niger which means “Black.”

-The name Niger may have come from the Tuareg phrase e(gărăw)-n-gărăwăn, which means “river of rivers”. Berber scholar Leo Africanus first recorded the modern spelling of Niger in 1550.

-Many scholars believe the name, Niger, comes from the Taureg word egereou n-igereouen, which means “big river” or “river among rivers”.

-It was once believed that the name Niger came from the Latin word niger, which means “Black”, but most linguist scholars now generally agree that this is not the case. The name Niger may have come from the Taureg word egereou n-igereouen, which means “big river” or “river among rivers”.

Nigeria-Land of the Blacks (Latin)

-It’s true that “Niger” is the word for “Black” in Latin but “Nigeria” actually derives from the land’s native term “Ni Gir“which means River Gir, from the Taureg word egereou n-igereouen, which means “big river” or “river among rivers”.

-The name “Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, later known as Lady Lugard, in an 1897 London Times article. Lady Lugard, a British journalist and writer, is credited with having coined the name Nigeria.

-The name Nigeria comes from the River Niger, a very large river that flows through Nigeria, and it was coined by Flora Shaw, a British lady who later married Lord Frederick Lugard, the first colonial leader of Nigeria. Nigeria means Niger area or the Niger River area. Niger River’s native term “Ni Gir” means River Gir.

-The Niger River is the river that flows through the western part of Niger. The origin of the name is uncertain, but most scholars believe it may have come from the Tuareg phrase the (e)gărăw-n-gărăwăn, or egereou n-igereouen, which means “river of rivers”. The modern spelling, Niger, was first recorded in 1550 by Berber scholar Leo Africanus.

Negroland-Land of the Blacks

Nigrita-Land of the Blacks

Melanesia- Island of the Blacks

Abibiman-Land of the Blacks

Farafina-Lands of the Blacks

Ilẹ̀ Adúláwọ̀-Land of the Blacks