Gumbo

  • 11Gumbo — /gum boh/, n. (sometimes l.c.) a French patois spoken by blacks and Creoles in Louisiana and the French West Indies. * * * In soil science, any of various fine grained, rich, black, alluvial soils, especially of the central U.S., that when wet… …

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  • 12gumbo — [[t]gʌ̱mboʊ[/t]] gumbos 1) N VAR Gumbo is a type of soup or stew from the southern United States. It can be made with meat or fish, and usually contains okra. 2) N UNCOUNT In parts of the United States, gumbo is another name for okra. Syn: okra,… …

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  • 13gumbo — I. noun (plural gumbos) Etymology: American French gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggômbo okra Date: 1805 1. a soup thickened with okra pods or filé and containing meat or seafoods and usually vegetables 2. okra 1 3. a. any of… …

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  • 14gumbo —    (GUM boh) [Louisiana French: okra] A thick soup or stew made with seafood or chicken, okra, vegetables, and powdered sassafras leaves (filé). Also Gumbo: a patois spoken in parts of Louisiana and the French West Indies …

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  • 15gumbo — noun (plural gumbos) N. Amer. 1》 okra, especially the gelatinous pods used in cooking.     ↘(in Cajun cooking) a spicy chicken or seafood soup thickened with okra or rice. 2》 (Gumbo) a French based patois spoken by some blacks and Creoles in… …

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  • 16Gumbo — valgomoji ybiškė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos daržovinis, vaistinis augalas (Abelmoschus esculentus), paplitęs atogrąžose ir paatogrąžiuose. atitikmenys: lot. Abelmoschus esculentus angl. Gumbo; lady s fingers; okra… …

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  • 17gumbo — n. (pl. os) US 1 okra. 2 a soup thickened with okra pods. 3 (Gumbo) a patois of Blacks and Creoles spoken esp. in Louisiana. Etymology: of Afr. orig …

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  • 18Gumbo (disambiguation) — Gumbo may refer to:* Gumbo, a spicy, hearty stew or soup. * Gumbo, a red clay humanoid figure of Gumby s father * Gumbo is another name of the vegetable okra, also known as bhindi or lady s fingers. * Gumbo, a particularly sticky form of clay… …

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  • 19Gumbo (mascot) — Gumbo the dog is the official mascot of the NFL s New Orleans Saints. Gumbo is in the form of a Saint Bernard dog. It was the Louisiana Restaurant Association s gift to the Saints. Even though Gumbo went into a brief retirement, he was brought… …

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  • 20Gumbo Chaff — also spelled Gombo Chaff , is an American song, first performed in the early 1830s. It was part of the repertoire of early blackface performers, including Thomas D. Rice and George Washington Dixon. The title character was one of the earliest bl …

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