Samba
[ˈsæm.bə]Meaning
Portuguese word for a Brazilian dance and music genre
Background Story
Samba has been a word in Portuguese at least since the 19th century, when it designated a popular dance; its meaning was later extended to a batuque-like circle dance, a dance style and a music genre. A user-submitted entry records it as a masculine given name in Western African and as a feminine given name in Luba.
