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''Mameluco'' is a Portuguese word that denotes the first generation offspring of a European and an Amerindian. It corresponds to the Spanish word is ''mestizo''. In the 17th and 18th centuries, ''Mameluco'' was used to refer to organized bands of slave-hunters, also known as ''bandeirantes'', who roamed the interior of South America from the Atlantic to the foothills of the Andes, and from Paraguay to the Orinoco river, invading Guarani-occupied areas in search of slaves. The word may have become common in Portugal in the Middle Ages, deriving from the Arabic "mamlūk", "Mamluk". ==External links== * pt:Mamelucos 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mameluco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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