# palenque

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #92,972

## Definitions
1. A community of runaway slaves.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/palenque