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samba

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
samba /ˈsambə/

▶noun a Brazilian dance of African origin.

■ a ballroom dance based on this.

▶verb (sambas, sambaing /-bə(r)ɪŋ/, sambaed /-bəd/ or samba'd) dance the samba.

– origin C19: from Port., of Afr. origin.

'samba' also found in these Oxford entries:

bossa nova - carioca

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