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Definition of Carioca
1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro.
2. Noun. Music composed for dancing the carioca.
3. Noun. A lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba.
Definition of Carioca
1. a South American dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carioca
Literary usage of Carioca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 by Robert Walsh (1830)
"... that the term carioca is applied to • " In the reign of the high and powerful
King Dom John the Fifth, Ayres de Saldanha and Albuquerque, being governor ..."
2. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"On Hymenolepis carioca (Magalhaes) and H. megalops (Nitzsch) with Remarks on the
Classification of the Group. Trans. Ann-r. Micr. Soc., 23: 151-172. 1904. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The culminating point of that part of the carioca range which projects into and
partly divides the city is the Corcovado (Hunchback), a sharp rocky peak ..."
4. Through South America's Southland: With an Account of the Roosevelt by John Augustine Zahm (1916)
"The section of the city 1 The name given the people of Rio de Janeiro, from the
fountain of carioca, in the center of the city, whose waters were originally ..."
5. A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of by Hastings Charles Dent (1886)
"The earliest inhabitants sought for the waters of the Rio carioca, ... The aqueduct
terminates in the Largo da carioca, the square which is the principal ..."
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