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goombay

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goom⋅bay

[goom-bey, goom-]
–noun
the style of calypso music or rhythm popular in the Bahamas.

Origin:
cf. Jamaican E gombay a drum, said to be < Kongo ŋgoma, ŋkumbi drum (or a cognate Bantu word)
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