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Meaning of "Melanochroi" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MELANOCHROI

New Latin (coined by T. H. Huxley), from Greek, from melas dark + ōchros pale.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MELANOCHROI

Melanochroi  [ˌmɛləˈnɒkrəʊˌaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELANOCHROI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Melanochroi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MELANOCHROI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Melanochroi

Mediterranean race

The Mediterranean race is one of the sub-races into which the Caucasian race was categorized by most anthropologists in the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. According to various definitions, it was said to be prevalent in Southern and Southeastern Europe, in North Africa, Western Asia, and Central Asia, in Latin America, and in certain parts of the British Isles and Germany. It is characterized by medium to tall stature, long or moderate skull, a narrow and often slightly aquiline nose, brown or black hair, hazel brown or green eyes, and rosy pink to dark brown skin tone; olive complexion being especially common.

Definition of Melanochroi in the English dictionary

The definition of Melanochroi in the dictionary is a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELANOCHROI


Aquarii
əˈkweərɪˌaɪ
aurei
ˈɔːrɪˌaɪ
aye-aye
ˈaɪˌaɪ
buckeye
ˈbʌkˌaɪ
bugeye
ˈbʌɡˌaɪ
Catseye
ˈkætsˌaɪ
Cephei
ˈsiːfɪˌaɪ
denarii
dɪˈneərɪˌaɪ
fish-eye
ˈfɪʃˌaɪ
genii
ˈdʒiːnɪˌaɪ
goldeneye
ˈɡəʊldənˌaɪ
Haggai
ˈhæɡeɪˌaɪ
nuclei
ˈnjuːklɪˌaɪ
Persei
ˈpɜːsɪˌaɪ
pinkeye
ˈpɪŋkˌaɪ
radii
ˈreɪdɪˌaɪ
redeye
ˈrɛdˌaɪ
ribeye
ˈrɪbˌaɪ
Salii
ˈseɪlɪˌaɪ
walleye
ˈwɔːlˌaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELANOCHROI

Melanchthon
Melanesia
Melanesian
melange
melanian
melanic
melanin
melanisation
melanism
melanist
melanistic
melanite
melanitic
melanization
melanize
melanoblast
melanochroic
Melanochroid

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELANOCHROI

boi
Charleroi
envoi
Hanoi
je ne sais quoi
Kamilaroi
koi
kouroi
mesonephroi
metanephroi
monopteroi
mooi
naoi
octroi
oi
pak choi
poi
pronephroi
renvoi
topoi

Synonyms and antonyms of Melanochroi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Melanochroi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELANOCHROI

Find out the translation of Melanochroi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Melanochroi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Melanochroi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Melanochroi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Melanocroi
570 millions of speakers

English

Melanochroi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Melanochroi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Melanochroi
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Melanochroi
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Melanochroi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Melanochroi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Melanochroi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melanochroi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Melanochroi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Melanochroi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Melanochroi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melanochroi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Melanochroi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Melanochroi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेलानोचरोई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Melanochroi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Melanochroi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Melanochroi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Melanochroi
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Melanochroi
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Melanochroi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Melanochroi
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Melanochroi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Melanochroi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Melanochroi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELANOCHROI»

The term «Melanochroi» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELANOCHROI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Melanochroi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Melanochroi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Melanochroi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELANOCHROI»

Discover the use of Melanochroi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Melanochroi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Contemporary Review
V. The Celtic and the Teutonic dialects are members of the same great Aryan family of languages; but there is evidence to show that a non- Aryan language iras at one time spoken over a large extent of the area occupied by Melanochroi in ...
‎1870
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The Contemporary Review
V. Tim Celtic and the Teutonic dialects arc members of the same great Aryan family of languages; but there is evidence to show that a non- Aryan language was at one time spoken over a large extent of the area occupied by Melanochroi in ...
‎1870
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Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S
The Xanthochroi, spreading over the great Eurasiatic plains westward, and speaking Aryan dialects, gradually invaded the territories of the Melanochroi. The Xanthochroi, who thus came into contact with the Western Melanochroi, spoke a  ...
Thomas Henry Huxley, 1873
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The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race: A Political History ...
... the Rohillas.”85 The Melanochroi were from the British Isles; western and southern Gaul (France); Spain; Italy (south of the Po); parts of Greece, Syria, Arabia, Persia; much of the Caucasus; Racialized Nationalism and Partial Eclipse | 133.
Bruce Baum, 2006
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Dark Vanishings: Discourse on the Extinction of Primitive ...
... as opposed to evolutionary prehistories. The Negro "stock" has been known to Europeans for centuries but is also history-less. Only the Xanthochroi, the Melanochroi, and, though within limits, the Mongolian "stocks" have entered history— ...
Patrick Brantlinger, 2013
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Popular Science
III. The Caucasian, or white division, according to my view, includes the two groups called by Professor Huxley Xanthochroi and Melanochroi, which, though differing in color of eyes and hair, agree so closely in all other anatomical characters, ...
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Collected Essays
over the great Eurasiatic plains westward, and speaking Aryan dialects, gradually invaded the territories of the Melanochroi. The Xanthochroi, who thus came into contact with the Western Melanochroi, spoke a Celtic language; and that Celtic ...
Thomas Henry Huxley, 2011
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Kādirs of Anaimarais: Malaiālis of Shevaroys ; The Dravidian ...
By Flower and Lydekker * a white di vision __ of Man, called the Caucasian or Eurafrican, is made to include Huxley's Xanthochrdi (blonde type) and Melanochroi (black hair and eyes, and skin of almost all shades from white to black) ; aud the ...
Edgar Thurston, 2004
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Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume I of VII
By Flower and Lydekker,15 a white division of man, called the Caucasian or Eurafrican, is made to include Huxley's Xanthochroi (blonde type) and Melanochroi (black hair and eyes, and skin of almost all shades from white to black).
Edgar Thurston
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A Hand-book to the Primates (Complete)
... (2) the Melanochroi ("blackhaired") people, shorter in stature,with longheads, paleskins, prominent noses,but with blackwavy hairandbeards and dark eyes, whoinhabitS. Europe, N. Africa, andS.W.Asia, andarefoundalsoin the British islands.
Henry O. Forbes

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELANOCHROI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Melanochroi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chamber Music
Melanochroi is “one of the racial types proposed by T.H. Huxley (1828-95), having dark hair and white skin,” a beautiful word for a disagreeable ... «Washington Free Beacon, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
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