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ca⋅chu⋅cha

[kuh-choo-chuh; Sp. kah-choo-chah]
–noun, plural -chas [-chuhz; Sp. -chahs] .
1. an Andalusian dance resembling the bolero.
2. the music for this dance.

Origin:
1830–40; < Sp: perh. lit., fragment; of obscure orig.
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ca·chu·cha   (kə-chōō'chə)   
n.  An Andalusian solo dance in 3/4 time.

[Spanish, small boat, cachucha, possibly from diminutive of cacho, shard, saucepan, probably from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, alteration of Latin caccabus, pot, from Greek kakkabos, probably of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kukkubu, a small container.]
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