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Definition of bossa nova noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bossa nova

noun
 
/ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/
 
/ˌbɑːsə ˈnəʊvə/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a style of Brazilian popular music, popular in the 1960sTopics Musicc2
    Word Origin1960s: from Portuguese, from bossa ‘tendency’ and nova (feminine of novo) ‘new’.
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