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Definitions of samba in various dictionaries:
noun - large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds
noun - music composed for dancing the samba
noun - a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
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| This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930 |
| The name of this Brazilian dance style means "to rub navels together" |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Samba, Grande Comore, COMOROS |
| Samba, Moxico, ANGOLA |
| Samba, Sud-Est, HAITI |
| Samba, Northern, ZAMBIA |
| Samba, Toliara, MADAGASCAR |
| Samba, Brong-Ahafo, GHANA |
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Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: [sb] ( listen)) is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style, with its roots in Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions, particularly of Angola and the Congo, through the samba de roda genre of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, from which it derived. Although there were various forms of samba in Brazil with popular rhythms originated from drumming, samba as a music genre has its origins in Rio de Janeiro, the former capital of Brazil. * Samba is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival. Considered one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity. * The Bahian Samba de Roda (dance circle), which became a UNESCO Heritage of Humanity in 2005, is the main root of the samba carioca, the samba that is played and danced in Rio de Janeiro.* The modern samba that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century is predominantly |