Umbanda
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Umbanda.
Proper noun
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Umbanda
- An Afro-Brazilian religion that blends elements of African religions with Catholicism.
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kimbundu umbanda[1][2][3], which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[4] defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Umbanda f
- Umbanda (the Afro-Brazilian religion)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Umbanda.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Umbanda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “Umbanda” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “Umbanda” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ António de Assis Júnior (1967) Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor, Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico[1], Luanda, →ISBN, page 374: “(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”
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