[gum.bo] n, often cap [AmerF gombo, perh. fr. Kongo nkombo runaway slave] (1838): creole 4a
[2]gumbo n, pl gumbos [AmerF gombo, of Bantu origin; akin to Umbundu ochinggombo okra] (1845) 1: a soup thickened with okra pods or file and containing meat or seafoods and usu. vegetables
2: okra 1 3 a: any of various fine-grained silty soils esp. of the central U.S. that when wet become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky b: a heavy sticky mud
4: mixture, melange -- gumbo adj