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Tumbaga
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<p><i>Tumbaga</i> is the name given by Spanish <a href="/facts/Conquistadors/sMtnRqCf">Conquistadors</a> for a non-specific <a href="/facts/Alloy/I7w7WQWR">alloy</a> of <a href="/facts/Gold/1znknojp">gold</a> and <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a>, and metals composed of these elements. Pieces made of tumbaga were widely found in <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> <a href="/facts/Mesoamerica/cFjUFklr">Mesoamerica</a> in North America and <a href="/facts/South_America/PhrFEMk7">South America</a>. </p><p>The term is a borrowing from the <a href="/facts/Tagalog_language/G8UARRIl">Tagalog</a> <i>tumbaga</i>. This came from <a href="/facts/Malay_language/2T6pPtgv">Malay</a> <i>tembaga</i>, meaning '<a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a>' or '<a href="/facts/Brass/pe8EHk6x">brass</a>'. It has also been spelled <i>tumbago</i> in literature. </p>