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Portuguese
Etymology
From Fon anagó (“Yoruba”), from Yoruba Ànàgó.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o
- Hyphenation: na‧gô
Noun
nagô m or f by sense (plural nagôs)
- (Brazil) someone of Yoruba descent, especially a descendant of slaves brought to Brazil
Noun
nagô m (uncountable)
- (Brazil) Yoruba (a Niger-Congo language spoken in western Africa)
- Synonyms: ioruba, iorubá, iorubano