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Bororo

noun
Bo·​ro·​ro | \¦bōrə¦rō\
plural Bororo or Bororos

Definition of Bororo 

1a : 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

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Other Words from Bororo

Bororoan \ -​ən \ adjective

History and Etymology for Bororo

Portuguese Bororó, of American Indian origin

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