soukous

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11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7

Definition of soukous

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A genre of African popular music, resembling rumba, that originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.
    “The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure.”

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Etymology

From French secouer (“to shake”).

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