[ˈɡʌmbəʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Cajun cooking) a spicy chicken or seafood stew or soup thickened typically with okra or rice
(e.g: the restaurant will serve an extensive menu of Southern dishes like gumbo)

- okra, especially the gelatinous pods used in cooking

- a French-based patois spoken by some black and Creole people in Louisiana

- a fine clayey soil that becomes sticky and impervious when wet


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Origin:
early 19th century: from the Angolan word kingombo ‘okra’