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cum·bi·a

(ko͞om′bē-ə)
n.
1. A Latin-American dance originating among African slave populations on Colombia's Caribbean coast and characterized by short sliding steps.
2. The music for this dance.
[Colombian and Panamanian Spanish; akin to Cuban Spanish cumbé, an Afro-Caribbean dance; see bachata.]
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cumbia

(ˈkʊmbɪə)
n
(Music, other) a rhythmic style of music originating in Colombia
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