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サンバ — meaning in English

sanba

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English meaning

  • obeche noun Triplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa.
  • samba noun A lively Brazilian ballroom dance, or the style of dancing it.

Senses

サンバ is used for these senses in English:

  • obeche Triplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa.
  • samba (dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

obeche — full definition

  1. noun Triplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa.
  2. noun The wood of this tree; whitish yellow in colour and easy to process.

samba — full definition

  1. noun A lively Brazilian ballroom dance, or the style of dancing it.
  2. noun A Brazilian musical genre with roots in West African rhythms, brought over during the slave trade, that this dance is performed to.
  3. verb To dance the samba.

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