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Where does “quilombo” come from?

quilombo (Spanish) comes from Portuguese quilombo, from Kimbundu kilombo.

quilombo (Spanish): brothel; big mess; boondocks

Definitions

  1. brothel; big mess; boondocks

Ancestry of “quilombo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesequilomboA quilombo
2Kimbundukilombo—
Every word from Kimbundu kilombo →