malocca

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A form of maloca — A traditional longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.

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Meanings

nounmalocca (plural maloccas)

plural maloccas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of maloca

    […] the Yanomami are deserting their maloccas only to be victimized by a culture they do not even begin to comprehend.

    1992, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, volume 7, page 11
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    […] maloccas, or community houses, hidden in the depths of the forest, and reached by concealed paths which extend from a river or a small stream navigable only for a canoe. The maloccas are often of great size, sheltering as many as two hundred inmates […]

    1918, William Thomas Councilman, R. A. Lambert, The Medical Report of the Rice Expedition to Brazil, page 16
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