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quilombos

quilombos is the plural of quilombo.

Meaning of quilombo

Noun

quilombo (plural quilombos)

  1. (historical) A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
  2. A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.
    • The rugged, trackless and densely forested hills were almost impenetrable and the quilombos were spread widely.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 115
    Synonyms:
    palenque

Questions about quilombos

What is quilombos the plural of?
Quilombos is the plural of quilombo.

Words near quilombos in the dictionary

  1. Quilo
  2. Quilo-quilo North
  3. Quilo-quilo South
  4. Quiloa
  5. quilombo
  6. quilombos
  7. Quilon
  8. quilostigmine
  9. quilt
  10. quilt show
  11. quilt shows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quilombos (page history and authors); quilombo (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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