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conga (käŋ′gə)

noun

  1. a Latin American dance of African origin with a repeated pattern of three steps followed by a kick: the dancers typically form a winding line
  2. syncopated music for this dance, in 2/4 time
  3. an elongated bass drum played with the hands

Etymology: AmSp (danza)Conga, Congo (dance) < Sp Congo, Congo: from the assumed Afr orig. of the dance

intransitive verb

to dance the conga

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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