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Goombah and similar forms derived as an alteration or Anglicized spelling of the common Southern Italian familiar term of address, cumpà, the apocoped oxytone form of the word cumpari found in Southern Italian dialects and compare found in Standard Italian, which denotes a companion or friend.
A giant Goomba called Mega Goomba appears as a boss in New Super Mario Bros. In Super Mario Odyssey, Goombas sometimes wear hats that depend on what kingdom they are in. They can be captured, which allows them to form Goomba Towers. In Super Mario Bros. Wonder, some Goombas sleep and will not attack the player if he wakes up the Goomba.
Variants of the Goomba may have wings, known as the Paragoomba, and similar creatures include the Galoomba, which flips over and can be thrown when stomped on, and the Goombrat, which turns at edges. [148] The Goombas have their own king, King Goomba (also called Goomboss), introduced as the first boss in Paper Mario. [149]
Goomba, Goombah, or Gumbah may refer to: Goombah , a slang term referring to people of Italian descent, mainly in the United States Goomba , a species from the Super Mario video game series
Other words are in Italiese (goombah, from cumpà, literally godson/godfather but more broadly fellow countryman, and 'jadrool' or 'cidrule", a stupid person, closely related to cetriolo, Italian for "cucumber", but in Sicilian meaning jackass. The word tiavanna is a malapropism for Tijuana.
For the first portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L). Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other dialect; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively.
Goombay is a form of Bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The term Goombay has also symbolized an event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’.
cattalo, from cattle and buffalo [2]; donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below; llamanaco, from llama and guanaco [3]; wholphin, from whale and dolphin [2]