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tambo

tambo noun: a tambourine player in a black minstrel troupe.

Noun (1)

tambo (plural tambos)

  1. A tambourine player in a black minstrel troupe.

Noun (2)

tambo (plural tambos)

  1. A lodging house or inn.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tambo

Tambo

  1. A barangay of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines.
  3. Several barangays of Indang, Cavite, Philippines.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tambo

Tambo

  1. A barangay of Libon, Albay, Philippines.
  2. A barangay of Ligao, Albay, Philippines.
  3. A barangay of Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
  4. A barangay of Pamplona, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
  5. A barangay of Ayungon, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
  6. A barangay of Mabini, Bohol, Philippines.
  7. A barangay of Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.
  8. A barangay of Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
  9. A barangay of Bacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
  10. A barangay of Madamba, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
  11. A barangay of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
  12. A barangay of Pualas, Lanao del Sur, Philippines.
  13. A barangay of Sultan Mastura, Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines.

Forms of tambo

pluraltambos

Origin of tambo

From Tagalog tambo.

Words formed from tambo

Questions about tambo

What does tambo mean?
Tambo means a tambourine player in a black minstrel troupe.
What part of speech is tambo?
Tambo can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tambo?
The plural of tambo is tambos.

Words near tambo in the dictionary

  1. Tambisan
  2. Tamblin
  3. Tambling
  4. Tamblyn
  5. Tamblyns
  6. tambo
  7. Tambo Crossing
  8. Tambo Upper
  9. tambon
  10. Tambongon
  11. tambons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tambo (page history and authors); Tambo (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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