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liamba

Portuguese, noun/liˈɐ̃.bɐ/

liamba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cannabis (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de cânave”.

What does liamba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecannabis (plant)

  2. 2

    femininecannabis (drug)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. espécie de cânave

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of liamba

  • liambas plural
  • diamba alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce liamba?

  • Brazil /liˈɐ̃.bɐ/
  • Brazil /ˈljɐ̃.bɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈljɐ̃.bɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is liamba in Portuguese?

liamba appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).