Bororo

noun

Bo·​ro·​ro

¦bōrə¦rō

plural Bororo or Bororos

1

a

: a people of southern Brazil

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Bororo people constituting the Bororoan language family of the Borotuke stock

called also Coroado

Bororoan

-ən

adjective

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese Bororó, of American Indian origin

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