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Zumbi¹

proper noun

  1. The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.

zumbi²

noun zumbis

  1. alternative Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”).
  2. nonstandard, rare Nonstandard spelling of zombie and thus there was no danger of the Zumbi, or ghost killing men by reapparition.

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@misc{zumbi_2026,
  title = {zumbi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zumbi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}