Quimbanda
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Quimbanda.
Proper noun
[edit]Quimbanda
Coordinate terms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Kimbundu kimbanda (“healer”). Doublet of quimbanda.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Quim‧ban‧da
Proper noun
[edit]Quimbanda f
- An Afro-Brazilian religion similar to Umbanda but more focused on entities often considered immoral or evil, as opposed to the benign entities typically worshiped in Umbanda.
Coordinate terms
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Religion
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Kimbundu
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- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Religion