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English
Etymology
Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion.
Pronunciation
Noun
rumbo (uncountable)
- (now rare, archaic) A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog.
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., , →OCLC:Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […] .
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rhombus (“rhombus”), based on the use of a rhombus to indicate directions on a map; it forms a doublet with rombo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrumbo/
- Rhymes: -umbo
- Syllabification: rum‧bo
Noun
rumbo m (plural rumbos)
- course
- Synonyms: recorrido, ruta
- heading, bearing
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