Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basketball american

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
bas-ket-bal-l amer-i-can
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An African-American person.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

Etymology

Usage

Inflected Forms

basketball Americans (plural)

Questions

What does basketball american mean?
An African-American person.
Where does basketball american come from?
After African-American. From the stereotype of African-Americans as superior in basketball and athleticism in general. See African-Americans in sports § "Black athletic superiority" theory on Wikipedia.

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