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{{also|rambo|RAMBO}}
==English==
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===Etymology===
* The name "Rambo" is of unknown origin. It can be dated back to the 17th-century Swedish immigrant [[w:Peter Gunnarsson Rambo|Peter Gunnarsson Rambo]]. According to folk legend it is derived from the mountain Ramberget ("Raven’s Hill") in Gothenburg, whence the Swedish immigrants to Delaware originated in the 17th century.
* "Rambo" is also the name of an old farm in Vestfold county, Norway ("Rambøe" 1664, "Ramboe" 1723) - and about 65 people in Norway have ''Rambo'' as a family name. The [[Old Norse]] form of the name might have been ''*Hrafnabú''. The first element is then the genitive plurals of ''[[hrafn]]'' m. 'raven', and the last element is ''[[bú]]'' n. 'farm'. The name was brought to the US by Norwegian settlers.
* "Rambo" became widely known after [[W:John Rambo|John Rambo]], a fictional Vietnam War veteran and protagonist of the film series ''[[w:Rambo (film series)|Rambo]]''.
See also {{ncog|ja|乱暴|tr=rambō|t=rude; violent; rough; reckless}}.

===Pronunciation===
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* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rambo.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|æmbəʊ|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
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# {{surname|en}}.

====See also====
* {{l|en|Rambeau}}

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|figuratively}} One who is [[reckless]], [[disregard]]s [[order]]s, uses [[violence]] to solve all problems, and [[bravely]] [[charge]]s [[headlong]] into the [[teeth]] of the [[enemy]].
# An American variety of [[apple]] with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.

====Synonyms====
* [[loose cannon]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Rambomania}}
* {{l|en|rambo||knife}}

===See also===
{{col3|en|
|Rambeau
|Rimbaud
}}

===References===
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDE1F3EF932A25756C0A963958260 "Journal; The 'Rambo' Culture", ''New York Times'', 11 May 1995], Frank Rich
* ''Gender Trials: Rambo Litigators and Mothering Paralegals'', University of California Press, 1995, Jennifer Pierce
* "Rambo's Brothers Cruise Clogged Expressways", ''U.S. News and World Report'', 10 August 1987, Ted Gest
* "Freeway Rambos", ''S.F. Examiner'', 1987
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080307024619/http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/archive/two/8_3/p17_rambos_boys.html "Rambo's Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father"], Vol.8 No.3, ''Track Two'', December 1999, Center for Conflict Resolution, Roshila Nair
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=3F4GE6BQtOUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:rambo&lr=&num=100&as_brr=0&sig=BkM_VUwtxGBLrF0ezUDkphEh8FY ''Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival''], SUNY Press, George Fellman

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abmor|Bomar|broma}}

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{{C|en|Apple cultivars}}

==Norwegian==

===Proper noun===
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