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rumba

noun verb

A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

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5
Starts with
R
Ends with
A
Contains
UM
Scrabble score
9

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noun

  1. A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

noun

  1. A folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement

noun

  1. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba

verb

  1. Dance the rhumba

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