GUMBO Definition & Meaning

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gumbo

[ guhm-boh ]

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noun

plural gumbos.

a stew or thick soup, usually made with chicken or seafood, greens, and okra or sometimes filé as a thickener.
okra.
soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet.

adjective

of, relating to, or like gumbo.

Gumbo

[ guhm-boh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

a French patois spoken by Black and Creole people in Louisiana and the French West Indies.

Gumbo

/ ˈɡʌ��əʊ /

noun

sometimes not capital a French patois spoken by Creoles in Louisiana and the Caribbean

gumbo

/ ˈɡʌ��əʊ /

noun

the mucilaginous pods of okra
another name for okra
a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
a fine soil in the W prairies that becomes muddy when wet

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gumbo¹

1795–1805, Americanism; < Louisiana French gombo, gumbo < a Bantu language; compare Umbundu ochinggombo, Luba chinggombo okra

Origin of gumbo²

First recorded in 1835–40; probably from the same source as gumbo ( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gumbo¹

see gumbo

Origin of gumbo²

C19: from Louisiana French gombo, of Bantu origin

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His gumbo recipe, for example, calls for two pouches each of smoked clams, oysters and mackerel along with white rice, oregano, cumin and chile peppers.

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In the case of gumbo or succotash, it is a good thing.

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There’s a meat market there, and they have all the andouille sausage, which is good if I’m going to cook something like a gumbo.

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Adults are about two feet long and weigh some 15 to 20 pounds, with plenty of meat for a gumbo or stew.

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A light touch of herbs, some seasonings and a bright pop of fresh lemon juice, and you have a most brilliant concoction, a concoction that is now as much of a Creole classic as gumbo.

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