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Definition of
bossa nova noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
bossa nova
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌbɑsə ˈnoʊvə
/
/
[
uncountable
,
countable
]
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a style of Brazilian music popular in the 1960s
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bossa nova
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