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PRONUNCIATION OF NEGRO SPIRITUAL

Negro spiritual  [ˈniːɡrəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEGRO SPIRITUAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Negro spiritual 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 NEGRO SPIRITUAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spiritual (music)

Spirituals are religious songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States.

Definition of Negro spiritual in the English dictionary

The definition of Negro spiritual in the dictionary is a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEGRO SPIRITUAL


aggro
ˈæɡrəʊ
allegro
əˈleɪɡrəʊ
Baby-gro
ˈbeɪbɪˌɡrəʊ
grow
ɡrəʊ
intergrow
ˌɪntərˈɡrəʊ
misgrow
ˌmɪsˈɡrəʊ
Montenegro
ˌmɒntɪˈniːɡrəʊ
Negro
ˈniːɡrəʊ
outgrow
ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ
overgrow
ˌəʊvəˈɡrəʊ
regrow
riːˈɡrəʊ
upgrow
ʌpˈɡrəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEGRO SPIRITUAL

Negri Sembilan
Negrillo
Negritic
Negrito
negritude
Negro
negrohead
Negroid
negroidal
Negroism
negroni
Negrophil
Negrophile
Negrophilism
Negrophilist
Negrophobe
Negrophobia
Negrophobic
Negropont
Negros

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEGRO SPIRITUAL

actual
conceptual
contextual
contractual
eventual
factual
habitual
intellectual
Lord spiritual
Lords Spiritual
mutual
obitual
perpetual
ritual
spiritual
textual
the spiritual
unspiritual
virtual
your actual

Synonyms and antonyms of Negro spiritual in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Negro spiritual» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEGRO SPIRITUAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

黑人灵歌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espiritual negro
570 millions of speakers

English

Negro spiritual
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीग्रो आध्यात्मिक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الروحية نيغرو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спиричуэлс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Negro espiritual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নেগ্রো আধ্যাত্মিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

negro spiritual
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rohani negro
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Negro Spiritual
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黒人霊歌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흑인 영적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rohani negatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

da đen tinh thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீரோ ஆன்மீகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निग्रो अध्यात्मिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zenci manevi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Negro spirituale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Negro duchowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спірічуелс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Negro spiritual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Negro πνευματική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Negro geestelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

neger andliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

neger åndelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Negro spiritual

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEGRO SPIRITUAL»

The term «Negro spiritual» is regularly used and occupies the 104.665 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEGRO SPIRITUAL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEGRO SPIRITUAL»

Discover the use of Negro spiritual in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Negro spiritual and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Way Over in Beulah Lan': Understanding and Performing the ...
Understanding the Spiritual, the first of the book's two sections, includes an exploration of the beginnings of the spiritual, its role in society and its transition into art music.
André Jerome Thomas, 2007
2
Best-loved Negro Spirituals: Complete Lyrics to 178 Songs of ...
Beloved spirituals include such lasting favorites as All God's Children Got Shoes, Balm in Gilead, Deep River, Down by the Riverside, Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, Gimme That Ol'-Time Religion, He's Got the Whole World in His Hand, Roll, Jordan, ...
Nicole Beaulieu Herder, Ronald Herder, 2001
3
Black World/Negro Digest
The Negro Spiritual is the primal art form of the musical literature of America. The religious folk melodies of the ante-bellum Negro produced in turn the Negro folk song which in turn evolved into "the blues" and thence, into what we know now ...
4
American Negro Folk-Songs
The lapse of time before 1860 gave plenty of opportunity for the Negro spiritual to develop variations, at the same time that the white man was tending away from the main body of his spiritual songs. The Northern welfare workers who took up ...
Newman Ivey White, 1928
5
Album of Negro spirituals
One dozen spirituals arranged for solo voice with accompaniment. Preserved in Burleigh's arrangements are the essential characteristics of these songs that generally derived from spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervor.
‎2007
6
To Do This, You Must Know How: Music Pedagogy in the Black ...
See “I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray” “Creole Lover's Song” (Buck), 49 “Crossing the Bar” (Tennyson), 72, 278, 376n184 “Crying Holy Unto the Lord” (Negro Spiritual), 141, 167, 303 “Crying to the Lord.” See “Crying Holy Unto the Lord” “ Danse ...
Lynn Abbot, Doug Seroff, 2012
7
Mahalia: A Gospel Musical
Columbia Records recording by Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong on cornet used with permission by Handy Bros. Music, Inc. and Columbia Records Hand Me Down Yo' Silver Trumpet, Gabriel . . . . . . . . . Negro Spiritual Let Us Go Down To ...
‎1998
8
Theses and Dissertations on Black American Music
Davis, Henderson S. "The Religious Experience Underlying the Negro Spiritual." Ph.D. (Religion), Boston University, 1950. Evans, Arthur Lee. "The Development of the Negro Spiritual as Choral Art Music by Afro-American Composers with an ...
Eddie S. Meadows, 1980
9
Preserving the Negro Spiritual: An Examination of ...
Preserving The Negro Spiritual: An Examination of Contemporary Practices, a study designed to determine contemporary practices implemented to preserve the Negro spiritual, presents findings based upon research conducted within 16 states of ...
Rosalynd Patricia Reed-Walker, 2007
10
The Choral Singing of the Negro Spiritual Versus the Singing ...
Because of vocal abuse and improper technique many accomplished singers now appear to have some indication of damaged vocals.
Lloyd Benjamin Mallory (Jr), 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEGRO SPIRITUAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Negro spiritual is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Fairfield Four
The original Four were trained in the tradition of a capella quartet gospel singing, which has its roots in the Negro spiritual traditions of the ... «Lowell Sun, Jul 15»
2
ESSAY: American Slavery, and the Confederate Flag, Part Four
... we will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we're free at last! «Pagosa Daily Post, Jul 15»
3
True freedom comes when we believe, trust in God
... long ago that Martin Luther King, in his now-famous Washington Monument speech, reminded us of the stains of the Negro spiritual that says, ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»
4
In the good old summertime
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” is a historic American Negro Spiritual. “Swing Low, sweet chariot coming for to carry me home, swing low sweet ... «Meridian Star, Jul 15»
5
The old soul of Delta Rae
It felt like a negro spiritual that survived the hazy memories of people spanning hundreds of years; so much so that I remember googling the ... «Star Local Media, Jul 15»
6
Watch Portions Of The NewsOne Now Music Special
... African-Americans and their particular experience here in the United States has influenced — 'cause without the negro spiritual there would ... «atlantadailyworld, Jul 15»
7
Local teacher played at funeral of slain Charleston pastor
"Many of the themes found in this work are reflective of the numerous motifs found in the Perim, the Negro Spiritual, Southern Blues, and the ... «Montgomery Advertiser, Jul 15»
8
If #LoveWins, why are brands silent on #BlackLivesMatter?
... in singing “Amazing Grace” — practically a Negro spiritual — while delivering the eulogy for murdered state senator Rev. Clementa Pinckney ... «Digiday, Jul 15»
9
Interfaith service stands strong in solidarity with Charleston
If I may channel the words of an old Negro spiritual, 'let not their living be in vain.'” Masha Shollar is an intern for The Chronicle. She can be ... «thejewishchronicle.net, Jul 15»
10
East to Edinburgh - Black Magic: Songs Unchained
An a Cappella journey through the birth of the Negro Spiritual in the call & response style of the music itself. Each song is a vignette, a reply to a snapshot of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Negro spiritual [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/negro-spiritual>. May 2024 ».
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