[ kə'bəʊkləʊ ]
■ noun ( plural ~s ) (in Brazil) an American Indian.
↘a Brazilian of mixed white and Indian or Indian and black ancestry.
Origin
Brazilian Port., perh. from Tupi Kaa-boc 'person having copper-coloured skin'.
[ kə'bəʊkləʊ ]
■ noun ( plural ~s ) (in Brazil) an American Indian.
↘a Brazilian of mixed white and Indian or Indian and black ancestry.
Origin
Brazilian Port., perh. from Tupi Kaa-boc 'person having copper-coloured skin'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004