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mambo

Pronunciation: /ˈmæmbəʊ/

The English word “mambo” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)
  2. A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.

verb

  1. To perform this dance.

Etymology

From Haitian Creole manbo (“voodoo priestess”) (ultimately from Yoruba mambo (“to talk”)), in later senses via Cuban Spanish mambo (“dance”).

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