cimarrón

Meaning

  1. (Latin-America) feral (having returned to the wild)
  2. (Latin-America) rural; campestral
  3. (Latin-America) of a wild cultivar
  4. (Latin-America) unsweetened

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
ci‧ma‧rrón
Pronounced as (IPA)
/θimaˈron/
Etymology

Either a native Spanish formation from cima (“summit, peak”), referring to unruly slaves who escaped to seek refuge in the mountains, or a borrowing from Taíno símaran (“wild”) (like a stray arrow), from símara (“arrow”).

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