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Marabou (chocolate) Marabou is a Sweden, Swedish chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International. History The brand was founded by the Norwegian chocolatier Johan Throne Holst (1868–1946), who already had launched the same chocolate recipe in Norway under the ...
, a Swedish chocolate brand *
Marabou (ethnicity) Marabou (; ) is a term of Haitian origin denoting Haitians of Mixed race ancestry. The term comes originally from the African Marabouts. Marabous are mainly descended from intermingling between Africans, Europeans and indigenous Taino. The M ...
, a historical term for a multiracial person in Haiti *
Marabou (weed) ''Dichrostachys cinerea'', known as sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern tree or Kalahari Christmas tree (South Africa), is a legume of the genus ''Dichrostachys'' in the family Fabaceae. Other common names include omubambanjobe (Tooro Ugan ...
, or el marabú in Cuba, the legume ''Dichrostachys cinerea'' *
Marabou stork The marabou stork (''Leptoptilos crumenifer'') is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It breeds in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially landfill sites. It is sometim ...
, a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae * Marabou (fashion), downy feathers used as a fashion trimming. Historically known as "marabout." * ''Marabou'', a collection of poems by
Nikos Kavvadias Nikos Kavvadias (; ; 11 January 1910 – 10 February 1975) was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people, ou ...
* Marabou, a thrown silk typically dyed in the gum or a fabric made of said silk


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Marabout In the Muslim world, the marabout () is a Sayyid, descendant of Muhammad (Arabic: سـيّد, Romanization of Arabic, romanized: ''sayyid'' and ''sidi'' in the Maghreb) and a Islam, Muslim religious leader and teacher who historically had the f ...
, the Moroccan term for a Muslim holy man {{disambiguation