quilombo
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Curiaú, a quilombo in Brazil
See also: Quilombo
English
Etymology
From Portuguese quilombo, and its source Kimbundu kilombo (“refuge, encampment”).
Noun
quilombo (plural quilombos)
- (now historical) A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
- A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.
- Synonym: palenque
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 115:
- The rugged, trackless and densely forested hills were almost impenetrable and the quilombos were spread widely.
- 2024 January 24, “‘We cannot be cowards’: the Brazilian village fighting for the right to have water”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Tiningu, whose pastel-coloured houses are home to 300 inhabitants, was originally a quilombo, a settlement founded by black fugitives from slavery.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Kimbundu kilombo.
Pronunciation
Noun
quilombo m (plural quilombos)
- (Angola) quilombo (fortified residence or encampment in the forest)
- (Brazil) quilombo (remote settlement founded by fugitive slaves)
- Synonym: mocambo
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese quilombo.
Pronunciation
Noun
quilombo m (plural quilombos)
Further reading
- “quilombo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10