soca

[ soh-kah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

soca

/ ˈsəʊkə /

SOCA

/ ˈsəʊkə /

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

Origin of soca¹

Origin of soca¹

C20: a blend of soul and calypso

We must start with this that soke, socna, soca, is the Anglo-Saxon scn and has for its primary meaning a seeking.

It was out of the question that he should be guilty of such barbarisms as saca et soca.

The text says that he must lie at his lords fold; but probably it refers to the soca faldae.

Fragments of a sodalite-syenite have also been found at Soca in the same neighbourhood.

These lands are specially distinguished from 'sokeland' (terra de soca).

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