Dumbo

See also: DUMBO and dumbo

English

Etymology 1

See DUMBO.

Proper noun

Dumbo

  1. Alternative form of DUMBO (“a neigborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York state, United States”).
    Synonym: Gairville
    • 2016 June 9, Nikole Hannah-Jones, “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:
      P.S. 8’s zone was expansive, stretching across Brooklyn Heights under the Manhattan bridge to the Dumbo neighborhood and Vinegar Hill, the neighborhood around P.S. 307. […] But gentrification overtook Dumbo, which hugs the East River and provides breathtaking views of the skyline and a quick commute to Manhattan.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Dumbo

  1. A town in Bié Province, Angola.
    Synonym: Mandume
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