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mambo

/ˈmɑmboʊ/

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What does mambo mean?

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.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑmboʊ/

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