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Definition of merengue noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

merengue

noun
 
/məˈreŋɡeɪ/
 
/məˈreŋɡeɪ/
 [uncountable, countable]
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  1. a lively Caribbean style of dance ; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: probably American Spanish; compare with the sense ‘upheaval, disorder’, found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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