Name Controversy
Although Sambo is a Russian acronym, exponents of the sport in the English-speaking world have faced problems concerning the word's (linguistically unrelated) racial overtone. Sambo representatives were forced to choose the "politically correct" spelling Sombo, which retains currency to date. In Swedish, "sambo" is instead the term for an unmarried couple living together on permanent basis.
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