Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the...

The Kimbundu languages are a group of Bantu languages coded Zone H.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they probably...

Portuguese Empire among Kongo and Mbundu slaves who spoke Kikongo and Kimbundu languages. The supreme and creative god is Nzambi or Nzambi a Mpungu. Below...

The Kingdom of Ndongo (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: Utuminu ua Ndongo, Utuminu ua Ngola) was an early-modern African state located...

between government pronouncements, but commonly included are Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo (presumably the Fiote of Cabinda), Chokwe, Kwanyama (Ovambo),...

widespread in parts of Angola, where it is known as mburututu in the Chokwe and Kimbundu languages. Borututu bark is claimed to have hepatic healing properties...

early 1980s. Kizomba is a national heritage of Angola and means "party" in Kimbundu. Traditionally, kizomba was danced with family, friends, and acquaintances...

Pombajira (from Kimbundu: pambu ia njila, lit. 'crossroads') is the name of an Afro-Brazilian spirit evoked by practitioners of Umbanda and Quimbanda in...

in present-day Angola just north of the Kwanza River. The Ambundu speak Kimbundu, and most also speak the official language of the country, Portuguese....

eggplant. Its green fruit is known as gilo (Brazilian Portuguese: jiló, from Kimbundu njilu). It was once treated as a distinct species, Solanum gilo, but it...

possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba) gilo - from Kimbundu njilu, via Portuguese jiló gumbo – from Bantu (Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo,...

with unripe cooked corn juice). Both words come from the Kikongo and/or Kimbundu languages, where they refer to similar grain porridges. In Colombia and...

root in their name, such as Tshiluba and Kiluba (both Luba), Umbundu and Kimbundu (both Mbundu). The prefixless form typically does not occur in the language...

It is composed of Ovimbundu (language Umbundu) 37%, Ambundu (language Kimbundu) 23%, Bakongo 13%, and 32% other ethnic groups (including the Chokwe, the...

from Louisiana Creole, but originates from either Umbundu: ochinggõmbo or Kimbundu: kingombo. Even though the word gumbo often refers to the dish gumbo in...

with a majority Portuguese lexicon and a heavy substrate of a dialect of Kimbundu (port. Quimbundo), a Bantu language from inland Angola, where many had...

these languages (such as Mapuche, Huilliche, Tehuelche, and Puelche). In Kimbundu, spoken by Congolese slaves during colonial times, xê means "hey!", an...

Portuguese mixed with numerous elements from African languages, especially Kimbundu and Umbundu. In the course of the 20th century, due to the waves of new...

"zumbi" (fetish). A Kimbundu-to-Portuguese dictionary from 1903 defines the related word nzumbi as soul, while a later Kimbundu–Portuguese dictionary...

Christianity → Protestantism → Calvinism Ambundu Niger–Congo → Bantu → Kimbundu Angola Christianity, Traditional African religions Amdang Furan → Amdang...

engolo won’t be wept for”. There are also alternative translation from Kimbundu language: Another engolo song highlightes the all-important ability to...

The Gullah word guba (or goober) for peanut derives from the Kikongo and Kimbundu word N'guba. The Gullah dishes red rice and okra soup are similar to West...

or gandu in Portuguese all of which derive from Kikongo wandu or from Kimbundu oanda; both names referring to the same plant. In the Anglophone regions...

in Kenya and Uganda Khoekhoe Khoe 200,000 National language of Namibia Kimbundu Niger–Congo 1,700,000 Angola Kinyarwanda Niger–Congo 9,800,000 Rwanda Kirundi...

languages are practically nonexistent. Examples of words borrowed from Kimbundu into Angolan Portuguese include: cubata 'house' muamba 'chicken stew' quinda...

Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou /ˈfuˌfu/ foo-foo listen) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans...

Funge or fúngi (Angola) or mfundi (Congo - DCR and the Congo Republic) is a traditional African swallow made of cassava flour whisked into boiling water...

Kiela is a traditional mancala (board game) played by the Kimbundu people in northern Angola, who describe it as "a game of peace". A national tournament...

cow's feet, stewed with beans and vegetables. The name is derived from the Kimbundu mbokotó. This dish is also popular in Portuguese cuisine, where it is known...

the Caribbean and South America. Most notably, in Central America, the Kimbundu (Angolan) word mariamba became the Spanish word marihuana. The word "marijuana"...