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engenho.

A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A sugar mill in colonial Brazil.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Portuguese engenho (“machine; sugar mill”), from Old Galician-Portuguese engenno, from Latin ingenium. Doublet of engine.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.