How to pronounce gumbo
American English pronunciation
GUM-boh
- IPA
- /ˈɡʌmboʊ/
- Syllables
- GUM · boh (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gumbo means
A thick stew from Louisiana, served over rice
In a sentence: Uncle Ray stirred a big pot of gumbo full of shrimp, okra and peppers.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Louisiana French. It goes back to kingombo, a word for okra in a language of central Africa.
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