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noun
1.
a Cuban ballroom dance that consists of three steps forward followed by a kick, characteristically performed by a group following a leader in a single line.
2.
the music for this dance.
3.
Also called conga drum. a tall, conical, Afro-Cuban drum played with the hands.
verb (used without object)
4.
to dance a conga.
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Origin:
1930–35; < Cuban Spanish
1930–35; < Cuban Spanish
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Word Origin & History
conga
1935, Amer.Sp. fem. of (danza) Congo "Congo (dance)," since it was assumed to be of African origin.
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