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bombo

bombo is the abbreviation of bombo criollo.

bombo is the alternative form of bumbo.

Meaning of bombo criollo

Noun

bombo criollo

  1. Any of a family of Latin American drums derived from the European bass drum and native Latin American drumming traditions.
    Synonyms:
    bombo

Meaning of bumbo

Noun

bumbo (uncountable)

  1. A drink made from rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.

Proper noun capitalized: Bombo

Bombo

  1. A locality in the Kiama council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of bombo

pluralbombos

Phrases with bombo

Questions about bombo

What does bombo mean?
Bombo means a locality in the Kiama council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
What is bombo the abbreviation of?
Bombo is the abbreviation of bombo criollo.
What part of speech is bombo?
Bombo is a proper noun.

Words near bombo in the dictionary

  1. bombload
  2. bombloads
  3. bombmaker
  4. bombmakers
  5. bombmaking
  6. bombo
  7. bombo criollo
  8. bomboat
  9. bomboats
  10. bomboclaat
  11. bomboclaats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bombo (page history and authors); Bombo (page history and authors); bombo criollo (page history and authors); bumbo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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