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Definition of Samba
1. Noun. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.
Group relationships: Genus Triplochiton, Triplochiton
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Verb. Dance the samba. "Sam and Sue samba"
3. Noun. Music composed for dancing the samba.
4. Noun. A lively ballroom dance from Brazil.
5. Noun. A form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers.
Definition of Samba
1. Noun. A Brazilian ballroom dance. ¹
2. Verb. To dance the samba. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Samba
1. to perform a Brazilian dance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samba
Literary usage of Samba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"72. Pan-moharan. 100. Vada-samba. 73. Pattu-samba. 101. ... Pushpa-samba. 103.
Yogal. Several of these exhibit well-marked variations of form, colour, &c.; ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1862)
"72. Pan-moharan. 100. Vada-samba. 73. Pattu-samba. 101. ... Pushpa-samba. 103.
Yogal. Several of these exhibit well-marked variations of form, colour, &c.; ..."
3. Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English by Héli Chatelain (1894)
"NGANA samba AND THE MA-KISHI. We often tell a little story. ... They said : "
samba is lost." The Di-kishi, when he arrived with her at his home, ..."
4. The History of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1841)
"... by the usual Maratta means, that he was obliged to renounce his connection
with samba, and to concede some other advantages to the Maratta government. ..."
5. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... he is a splendid swimmer, quite at home in the water, he is a swimmer indeed
and does not touch the ground. Sa mint sa — see samba — also tu ..."
6. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society by American Folklore Society (1894)
"NGANA samba AND THE MA-KISHI. We often tell a little story. ... They said : "
samba is lost." The Di-kishi, when he arrived with her at his home, ..."
7. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"... government's steam-launch Selatan as far up the river as it is navigable, to
Kuala samba, and in case necessity arose, to have it wait for my return. ..."
8. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"... arrangements were made that would enable me to use the government's steam-launch
Selatan as far up the river as it is navigable, to Kuala samba, ..."
9. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"72. Pan-moharan. 100. Vada-samba. 73. Pattu-samba. 101. ... Pushpa-samba. 103.
Yogal. Several of these exhibit well-marked variations of form, colour, &c.; ..."
10. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1862)
"72. Pan-moharan. 100. Vada-samba. 73. Pattu-samba. 101. ... Pushpa-samba. 103.
Yogal. Several of these exhibit well-marked variations of form, colour, &c.; ..."
11. Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English by Héli Chatelain (1894)
"NGANA samba AND THE MA-KISHI. We often tell a little story. ... They said : "
samba is lost." The Di-kishi, when he arrived with her at his home, ..."
12. The History of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1841)
"... by the usual Maratta means, that he was obliged to renounce his connection
with samba, and to concede some other advantages to the Maratta government. ..."
13. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... he is a splendid swimmer, quite at home in the water, he is a swimmer indeed
and does not touch the ground. Sa mint sa — see samba — also tu ..."
14. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society by American Folklore Society (1894)
"NGANA samba AND THE MA-KISHI. We often tell a little story. ... They said : "
samba is lost." The Di-kishi, when he arrived with her at his home, ..."
15. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"... government's steam-launch Selatan as far up the river as it is navigable, to
Kuala samba, and in case necessity arose, to have it wait for my return. ..."
16. Through Central Borneo: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the by Carl Lumholtz (1920)
"... arrangements were made that would enable me to use the government's steam-launch
Selatan as far up the river as it is navigable, to Kuala samba, ..."
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