soca

[ soh-kah ]

noun

1. a style of Caribbean dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.

soca

¹

/ ˈsəʊkə /

noun

1. a mixture of soul and calypso music typical of the E Caribbean

SOCA

²

/ ˈsəʊkə /

acronym for

1. Serious Organized Crime Agency: a British government organization set up in 2004 specifically to combat organized crime

Word History and Origins

Origin of soca¹

1975–80; so(ul) + ca(lypso)

Word History and Origins

Origin of soca¹

C20: a blend of soul and calypso

Example Sentences

Dance to soca music at Junkyard Jouvert.

From Los Angeles Times

Named after the Spanish slang word for dancing, the party focuses heavily on sounds from Latin and South America, but also delves into music from other parts of the world such as soca and Gqom, which has roots in South Africa.

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ll just go anywhere from an L.A. hip-hop song into a reggaeton song into a soca song into baile funk into an edit and then back down to Sexyy Red, but it all still connects because all music is connected.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I just felt it in my heart that L.A. could use the context of soca to enjoy it because soca is a weird genre that you have to really experience the environment to appreciate it,” says Cooper, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago but raised between Venezuela and New York.

From Los Angeles Times

"He would always go to carnival. It allowed him to reconnect with his roots, reconnect with being born in Trinidad listening to Soca music and then coming to the UK and understanding more of the reggae music," she explains.

From BBC