Umbanda
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.
Proper noun
Umbanda
- An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Kimbundu umbanda,[1][2][3] which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[4] defines as " practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Umbanda f
- Umbanda (the Afro-Brazilian religion)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Umbanda.
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References
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “Umbanda”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- ^ António de Assis Júnior (1967) Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor, Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico, Luanda, →ISBN, page 374: “(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”