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Definition of mambo noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mambo

noun
 
/ˈmæmbəʊ/
 
/ˈmæmbəʊ/
(plural mambos)
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  1. a lively Latin American dance
  2. a female voodoo priestTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word Origin1940s: from American Spanish, probably from Haitian Creole, from Yoruba, literally ‘to talk’.
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