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English
Etymology
From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)
- (music) A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
2007 April 23, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:There’s […] an accordion- and brass-pumped Colombian cumbia for “Cumbia de Los Aburridos” (“Cumbia of the Bored”).
Further reading
Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cumbia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kumbia/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: cum‧bi‧a
Noun
cumbia inan
- cumbia
Declension
Declension of cumbia (inanimate, singular only, ending in -a)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Of African, probably Bantu, origin. Akin to Cuban Spanish cumbé (“Afro-Caribbean dance”); see cumbancha.
Pronunciation
Noun
cumbia f (plural cumbias)
- (music) cumbia
Derived terms
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