merengue
noun/məˈreŋɡeɪ/
/məˈreŋɡeɪ/
[uncountable, countable]- a lively Caribbean style of dance ; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: probably American Spanish; compare with the sense ‘upheaval, disorder’, found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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