Editing Quilombo (section)

== Etymology ==

In 17th-century Angola, a new military formation called ''kilombo'' (a fortified town surrounded by a wooden palisade) appeared among [[Imbangala]] warriors, which would soon be used in Brazil by freed Angolan slaves.{{sfn|Desch-Obi|2008|pp=21}}

It is widely believed that the term ''quilombo'' establishes a link between settlements and the culture of [[kingdom of Kongo|West Central Africa]] from where the majority of slaves were forcibly brought to Brazil. During the era of slave trafficking, natives in present day central [[Angola]], called Imbangala, had created an institution called a ''kilombo'' that united various tribes of diverse lineage into a community designed for military resistance.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

=== Other meaning in Spanish ===
In South American Spanish of the [[Southern Cone]], the word ''quilombo'' has come to mean ''[[brothel]]''; in Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay, and Uruguay, a mess, noise or disorder; in Venezuela, a remote or out-of-the-way place.<ref>Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, "''quilombo''", senses 1, 2 and 3, respectively.</ref>