sambo

  • 11sambo — (1) person of mixed blood in America and Asia, 1748, perhaps from Sp. zambo bandy legged, probably from L. scambus bow legged, from Gk. skambos. Used variously in different regions to indicate some mixture of African, European, and Indian blood;… …

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  • 12sambo — statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas ryšiai: žiūrėk – savigynos imtynės …

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  • 13sambo — (Del quichua sambu). m. Ecuad. Especie de calabaza …

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  • 14Sambo's — Infobox Restaurant name = Sambo s image width = 300px image caption = The first and only remaining Sambo s Restaurant (August 2005) established =1957 current owner =Chad Stevens head chef = food type = dress code = rating = street address = 216… …

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  • 15Sambo —    In the eighteenth century, in South America, this word described a mulatto of mixed negro and Indian or negro and European blood. By the mid nineteenth century ‘Sambo’ was being used as an automatic nickname for a black male.    The two uses… …

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  • 16Sambo — ► adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino 1 DEPORTES Se aplica a cierto tipo de lucha autodefensiva y deportiva. ► sustantivo masculino 2 Ecuador AGRICULTURA Especie de calabaza. * * * sambo. (Del quichua sambu). m …

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  • 17Sambo — Sạm|bo 〈m. 6〉 = Zambo * * * Sạmbo   [Abkürzung für russisch Samosaschtschita bes orushija »Selbstverteidigung ohne Waffen«] das, judoähnliche Zweikampfsportart, bei der angestrebt wird, den Gegner zu Boden (auf beide Schultern) zu bringen,… …

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  • 18Sambo — noun (plural Sambos or Samboes) 1》 offensive a black person. 2》 (sambo) historical a person of mixed race. Origin C18: sense 1 perh. from Fula sambo uncle ; sense 2 from Amer. Sp. zambo, denoting a kind of yellow monkey …

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  • 19SAMBO — n. (pl. os or oes) 1 sl. offens. a Black person. 2 (sambo) hist. a person of mixed race esp. of Negro and Indian or Negro and European blood. Etymology: Sp. zambo perh. = zambo bandy legged; sense 1 perh. a different word f. Foulah sambo uncle …

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  • 20sambo — n a black person (usually male). This derogatory racist term comes from zambo, the Spanish American designation of those (slaves) with three quar ters negro and one quarter Amerindian or European blood. The word was picked up by English speakers… …

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