Quilombo is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quilombo meaning
- A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it.
- A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.
Using Quilombo
- The main meaning on this page is: A fortified residence or encampment in Angola, or the military power associated with it. | A remote settlement in inland Brazil originally founded by fugitive slaves or their descendants.
Context around Quilombo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quilombo
- In this selection, "quilombo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, growing, dates, militias and offered stand out and add context to how "quilombo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a quilombo offered freedom and included growing quilombo militias raids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quilombo" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quilombo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The history of the Quilombo dates back to the 17th century. (11 words)
Reasons included growing quilombo militias raids in plantations that still used slaves, the refusal of the Brazilian army to deal with escapees and the growth of Brazilian abolitionist movements. (29 words)
Some quilombos would grow to an enormous size, becoming a real independent multi-ethnic state. citation Everyday life in a quilombo offered freedom and the opportunity to revive traditional cultures away from colonial oppression. (34 words)
Some quilombos would grow to an enormous size, becoming a real independent multi-ethnic state. citation Everyday life in a quilombo offered freedom and the opportunity to revive traditional cultures away from colonial oppression. (34 words)
Reasons included growing quilombo militias raids in plantations that still used slaves, the refusal of the Brazilian army to deal with escapees and the growth of Brazilian abolitionist movements. (29 words)
The history of the Quilombo dates back to the 17th century. (11 words)
Example sentences (3)
The history of the Quilombo dates back to the 17th century.
Reasons included growing quilombo militias raids in plantations that still used slaves, the refusal of the Brazilian army to deal with escapees and the growth of Brazilian abolitionist movements.
Some quilombos would grow to an enormous size, becoming a real independent multi-ethnic state. citation Everyday life in a quilombo offered freedom and the opportunity to revive traditional cultures away from colonial oppression.