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Umbanda

Umbanda proper noun: an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.

Proper noun

Umbanda

  1. An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.

Origin of Umbanda

Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.

Questions about Umbanda

What does Umbanda mean?
Umbanda means an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
What part of speech is Umbanda?
Umbanda is a proper noun.

Words near Umbanda in the dictionary

  1. UMB
  2. umb-
  3. Umba
  4. umbalite
  5. umbalites
  6. Umbanda
  7. Umbandist
  8. Umbandists
  9. Umbararo
  10. Umbarger
  11. Umbargers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Umbanda (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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