Meaning of quilombo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
   historical
2. A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.

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Examples

“The rugged, trackless and densely forested hills were almost impenetrable and the quilombos were spread⟳ widely.”

“Tiningu, whose pastel-coloured houses are home to 300 inhabitants, was originally a quilombo, a settlement founded by black fugitives from slavery.”

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