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mocambos

mocambos is the plural of mocambo.

Meaning of mocambo

Noun

mocambo (plural mocambos)

  1. (historical) A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil.
    • The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 517

Questions about mocambos

What is mocambos the plural of?
Mocambos is the plural of mocambo.

Words near mocambos in the dictionary

  1. MoCA
  2. mocadon
  3. mocadons
  4. Mocambique
  5. mocambo
  6. mocambos
  7. mocap
  8. mocapped
  9. mocapper
  10. mocappers
  11. mocapping

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