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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now historical) A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil..
The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.
The mocambo represented an expression of social protest in a slave society.
Such meetings were held in Macaco, the largest mocambo, which housed five thousand blacks and the supreme chieftain.
Use mocambo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mocambo means (now historical) A community made up of former slaves in colonial Brazil..
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The captured animals have been taken, once night fell, to pens behind the Mocambo.
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