palenque

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

palenque (plural palenques)

1. (historical) A community of runaway slaves.
   • 2007 October 18, Simon Romero, “A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes”, in New York Times‎:

     Different from dozens of other palenques that were vanquished, this community has successfully fended off threats to its existence to this day.

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• IPA^(key): /paˈlenke/ [paˈlẽŋ.ke]
• Rhymes: -enke
• Syllabification: pa‧len‧que

palenque m (plural palenques)

1. palisade
2. pit (miniature arena for cockfighting)
3. (Philippines) market

• → English: palenque
• → Tagalog: palengke

• “palenque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014