milonga
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish milonga, in turn from Brazilian Portuguese milonga (“chant”). Theories connect the word to the nineteenth century slave trade between South America and Africa. The ultimate source is unknown, but may relate to Kimbundu mulonga (“word”), or Kongo nlonga or Punu mulonga (“line, row”) in reference to dancers.
Noun
editmilonga (countable and uncountable, plural milongas)
- A form of music originating in Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil
- 2007 January 26, Gia Kourlas, “Watching a History Lesson That’s Told Through Tango”, in New York Times[1]:
- In “Gath & Chaves,” a section named after a department store, women pose as mannequins but come to life to dance a tango, a waltz, a milonga and, finally, a mystifying number called “Hound Dog.”
- A dance which accompanies this music
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “milonga, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish milonga.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmilonga f (plural milonga's, diminutive milongaatje n)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: mi‧lon‧ga
Noun
editmilonga f (plural milongas)
Derived terms
editSpanish
editNoun
editmilonga f (plural milongas)
- milonga (music)
- milonga (dance)
- (colloquial) a lie or falsehood
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “milonga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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