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gumbo
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[ˈɡʌmbəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in Cajun cooking) a spicy chicken or seafood stew or soup thickened typically with okra or rice
(e.g: the restaurant will serve an extensive menu of Southern dishes like gumbo)
- okra, especially the gelatinous pods used in cooking
- a French-based patois spoken by some black and Creole people in Louisiana
- a fine clayey soil that becomes sticky and impervious when wet
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Origin
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early 19th century: from the Angolan word kingombo ‘okra’
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