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samba definition

samba (sam′bə, säm′-)

noun

  1. a Brazilian dance of African origin, in duple time, with a syncopated rhythm
  2. music for this dance

Etymology: Port, prob. of Afr orig.

intransitive verb

to dance the samba

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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