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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
goombay /ˈguːmbeɪ/

▶noun W. Indian

1 a goatskin drum played with the hands.

2 (chiefly in the Bahamas) a festival of music and dance.

– origin perh. from Kikongo ngoma, denoting a type of drum.

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