manbo
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
manbo (plural manbos)
- Alternative form of mambo (“voodoo priestess”)
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of African origin, perhaps from Kongo màmbu (“conversation, ritual negotiation”), plural of diàmbu (“word”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
manbo
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mambo
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “mambo”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.