mambo
noun/ˈmæmbəʊ/
/ˈmæmbəʊ/
(plural mambos)
- a lively Latin American dance
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- a female voodoo priestTopics Religion and festivalsc2
Word Origin1940s: from American Spanish, probably from Haitian Creole, from Yoruba, literally ‘to talk’.
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