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caboclo

Pronunciation: /kəˈbəʊkləʊ/

Definition of caboclo

noun (plural caboclos)

  • (in Brazil) an American Indian.
  • a Brazilian of mixed white and Indian or Indian and black ancestry.

Origin:

Brazilian Portuguese, perhaps from Tupi Kaa-boc 'person having copper-coloured skin'

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