quilombo

plural quilombos

1. historicalA fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.First known use 19th c.
2. A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.First known use 19th c.

   The rugged, trackless and densely forested hills were almost impenetrable and the quilombos were spread widely.

   2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 115

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   Tiningu, whose pastel-coloured houses are home to 300 inhabitants, was originally a quilombo, a settlement founded by black fugitives from slavery.

   2024 January 24, “‘We cannot be cowards’: the Brazilian village fighting for the right to have water”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: palenque