Etymology

sambadrome

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Today it means: In Brazil, a building or place where samba schools parade during the period of Carnival. Full definition →

Portuguese sambódromo
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  1. Portuguese · derived fromsambódromo
  2. English todaysambadrome

From samba + -drome, based on Portuguese sambódromo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.