Umbanda
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed fromPortugueseUmbanda.
Proper noun
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Umbanda
- AnAfro-Brazilianreligionthat blends elements ofAfricanreligions withCatholicism.
Coordinate terms
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromKimbunduumbanda,[1][2][3]which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary[4]defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Umbandaf
- Umbanda(the Afro-Brazilian religion)
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, seeCitations:Umbanda.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^“Umbanda”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2024
- ^“Umbanda”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024
- ^“Umbanda”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2024
- ^António de Assis Júnior (1967) Argente, Santos e Cia. Ltda, editor,Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico[1],Luanda,→ISBN,page374:“(V) Bruxaria; magismo. / Arte ou maneira de encantar, de curar: 'kubanga-'. / Produção de actos mágicos.”
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