cumbia

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/ˈkumbja/

noun

A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.

OriginSpanish cumbia →
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Meanings

nouncumbia (usually uncountable, plural cumbias)

plural cumbias

  1. uncountableusuallyentertainmentA traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.

    There’s […] an accordion- and brass-pumped Colombian cumbia for “Cumbia de Los Aburridos” (“Cumbia of the Bored”).

    2007 April 23, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishcumbia
  2. Englishcumbia

From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.

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APA

cumbia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumbia

MLA

“cumbia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumbia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cumbia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cumbia.

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