Hyphenation of afro-American

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word afro-American? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

afro-Amer-i-can

Synonyms of afro-American:

adj	African-American, Afro-American, black
noun	African-American, Afro-American, Black American, American

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