Definition of Cumbia

1. Noun. A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cumbia

1. a Latin American dance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumbia

cumber-ground
cumber ground
cumberbund
cumberbunds
cumbered
cumberer
cumberers
cumberground
cumbergrounds
cumbering
cumberless
cumbers
cumbersome
cumbersomely
cumbersomeness
cumbia (current term)
cumbias
cumbrance
cumbrances
cumbre
cumbrous
cumbrously
cumbrousness
cumbrousnesses
cumbuckets
cumdumps
cumdumpster
cumdumpsters

Literary usage of Cumbia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, John Albert Macy, Annie Sullivan (1905)
"In the spring of 1893 a club was started in Tus- cumbia, of which Mrs. Keller was president, to establish a public library. Miss Keller says: "I wrote to my ..."

2. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel (1888)
"1 had expected upon my arrival at Tus- cumbia to find additional supplies, and to cross the ... General Beauregard remained two weeks at Tus- cumbia and ..."

3. The Story of a Regiment: A History of the Campaigns, and Associations in the by Ebenezer Hannaford (1868)
"The brigade marched eighteen miles, and went into bivouac in an old cotton field on a hill overlooking Tus- cumbia. A portion of the trip was made on the ..."

4. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1862)
"cumbia, as far as Decatur. There it crosses the river, makes for Huntsville, and thence to Bridgeport, where it recrosses the river, and runs through ..."

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