← All words
Dictionary

zambo

/ˈθambo/

adjective/ˈθambo/

bowlegged, bandy-legged; Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry)

Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós).

noun, masculine/ˈθambo/plural: zambos

Zambo

Uncertain, but probably from an alteration of Vulgar Latin *strambus (“squinting, crosseyed, crooked, distorted”), from Latin strabus, from Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós).