English Explanatory Dictionary

palenque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A community of runaway slaves.
name
  1. Any of several towns in Latin America; most famously, a Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico.

Word forms

palenque palenques

Etymology

From Spanish Palenque, the name of a maroon settlement in Colombia, from palenque (“palisade”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary