goombay

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

goombay

Alternative forms[edit]

gombay, gombey, gumba

Etymology[edit]

Afro-Caribbean dialects; compare Kongo nkombi, a type of drum.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

goombay (countable and uncountable, plural goombays)

(music, dance, Bahamas, countable) A type of traditional Bahamian drum.
(music, dance, Bahamas, uncountable) A genre of folk music played with this drum.
(music, dance, Bahamas) A dance associated with this music genre.

Related terms[edit]

gumbe

References[edit]

John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “goombay, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

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