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.

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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