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(rumbas) The rumba is a popular dance that comes from Cuba, or the music that the dance is performed to. N-COUNT: oft the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also rhumba noun Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1916 a ballroom dance of Cuban origin in 2/4 or 4/4 time with a basic pattern of step-close-step and marked by a delayed transfer of weight and pronounced hip movements; also the music for this dance ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. (also rhumba) --n. 1 a Cuban Negro dance. 2 a a ballroom dance imitative of this. b the music for it. --v.tr. (rumbas, rumbaed or rumba'd, rumbaing) dance the rumba. Etymology: Amer. Sp. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1922, from Cuban Sp., originally "spree, carousal," derived from Sp. rumbo "spree, party," earlier "ostentation, pomp, leadership," originally "the course of a ship," from rombo "rhombus," in reference to the compass, which is marked with a rhombus. RUMBLE - c.1375, probably related to M.Du. rommelen "to rumble," M.H.G. rummeln, O.N. rymja "to shout, roar." Slang meaning "gang fight" is from 1940s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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