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Word: Carioca
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Portuguese, from Tupi kari'oka ‘house of the white man’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkarɪˈəʊkə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a native of Rio de Janeiro.
Short Definition:native of Rio de Janeiro
Definition:
a Brazilian dance resembling the samba.
Short Definition:Brazilian dance resembling samba
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