释义 |
ba·lante \bəˈlänt\ noun also ba·lan·ta \-lantə\ (plural balante or balantes also balanta or balantas) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Balante from French; Balanta from Portuguese 1. a. : a Sudanese Negro people of French Senegal and Angola b. : a member of such people 2. : the West-Atlantic language of the Balante people |