palenque
See also: Palenque
English
Etymology
From Spanish Palenque, the name of a maroon settlement in Colombia, from palenque (“palisade”).
Noun
palenque (plural palenques)
- (historical) A community of runaway slaves.
- 2007 October 18, Simon Romero, “A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes”, in New York Times:
- Different from dozens of other palenques that were vanquished, this community has successfully fended off threats to its existence to this day.
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Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈlenke/ [paˈlẽŋ.ke]
- Rhymes: -enke
- Syllabification: pa‧len‧que
Noun
palenque m (plural palenques)
- palisade
- pit (miniature arena for cockfighting)
- (Philippines) market
Descendants
- → English: palenque
- → Tagalog: palengke
Further reading
- “palenque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014