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gumbo

/ˈɡʌm.boʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌmbəʊ

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Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.

noun gumbos · gombo

countable Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
Similar: okra
countable A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.
uncountable A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo.

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noun soup or stew

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@misc{gumbo_2026,
  title = {gumbo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gumbo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}