Etymology

chouval bwa

Today it means: A genre of rural folk music that originated on the slave plantations of Martinique. Full definition →

Antillean Creole chouval bwa
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  1. Antillean Creole · borrowed fromchouval bwa
  2. English todaychouval bwa

From Antillean Creole chouval bwa (literally “wood horse”).

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