Quimbanda
English
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editBorrowed from Portuguese Quimbanda.
Proper noun
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Kimbundu kimbanda (“healer”). Doublet of quimbanda.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Quim‧ban‧da
Proper noun
editQuimbanda 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.
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