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goombay

[ goom-bey, goom- ]

noun

  1. the style of calypso music or rhythm popular in the Bahamas.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goombay1

Compare Jamaican English gombay a drum, said to be < Kongo ŋgoma, ŋkumbi drum (or a cognate Bantu word)

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