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ki-ngombo
Bantu (Umbundu) · medieval
"okra"
the word for okra, the vegetable central to the dish
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gombo
Louisiana French/Creole · 1700s-1800s
"an okra-based stew"
carried by enslaved Africans to Louisiana and adapted into a stew
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gumbo
English · 1800s
"a thick stew of the American South"
settled as the English name for the Louisiana Creole dish
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