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See also: Palenque
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish Palenque, the name of a maroon settlement in Colombia, from palenque (“palisade”).
Noun[edit]
palenque (plural palenques)
- (historical) A community of runaway slaves.
- 2007 October 18, Simon Romero, “A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes”, in New York Times[1]:
- Different from dozens of other palenques that were vanquished, this community has successfully fended off threats to its existence to this day.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Catalan palenc, from pal (“stake, pole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
palenque m (plural palenques)
- palisade
- cockfighting pit, cockpit
- Synonym: reñidero
- (Philippines) market
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “palenque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/enke
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- es:Walls and fences