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  1. Rumba
    [1935 film] Rumba is a 1935 musical drama film starring George Raft as a Cuban dancer and Carole Lombard as a Manhattan socialite. The movie was directed by Marion Gering and is considered an unsuccessful follow-up to Raft and Lombard`s smash hit Bolero the previous year. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(1935_film)

  2. rumba
    1) Afro-Cuban street drumming and dancing noted for dense, virtuoso percussion and subtle, sexually suggestive dancing. Main formns are guaguanco, yambu and columbia. 2) Congolese dance music of the 1940s-70s, the generation of Dr. Nico, Grand Kalle, and Franco. Strongly influenced by Cuban music. P...
    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/glossary/

  3. rumba
    [n] - syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba 2. [n] - a rhythmic syncopated Cuban folk dance in duple time 3. [n] - a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=rumba

  4. Rumba
    Cuban percussion-based music and dance complex comprising: yambú, a slower more stately partner dance; guaguancó, a quick tempo partner dance featuring a sexual motif performed by the male called vacunao; and columbia, a virtuoso solo dance performed by males sometimes with blades as props. Rumba ...
    Found op http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/4bohemians/expanded_glossary.html

  5. rumba
    rhumba noun a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
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  6. rumba
    rhumba noun syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rumba

  7. rumba
    ballroom dance of Afro-Cuban folk-dance origin that became internationally popular in the early 20th century. Best known for the dancers` subtle side ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/78



  1. Rumba
    [dance] Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings. In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó. The other Afro-Cuban rumbas are Yambu an...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(dance)

  2. Rumba
    Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no religiou...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba

  3. rumba
    1. a rhythmic syncopated Cuban folk dance in duple time
    2. a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

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  4. rumba
    Afro-Cuban traditional secular dance and music genre, rendered by vocals with percussion, providing complex syncopated rhythms. It has a characteristic quick-quick-slow dance movement and a repetitive melody accompanied by an ostinato (persistently repeating) one-bar pattern played on the maracas. T...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0067629.html

  5. Rumba
    Ownship maneuvering and ranging (OMAR), F-15 angle on ranging (AOR), F-16.
    Found op http://www.f-16.net/glossary-R.html

  6. RUMBA
    RUMBA is a terminal emulator application which acts as a client for the 3270, 5250, and VT computing protocols. Mainly used to connect to mainframe and various host platforms, terminal emulators like RUMBA connect modern desktop PCs to legacy systems. Launched in 1989, RUMBA was one of the first Wi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUMBA

  7. Rumba
    [2008 film] Rumba is a 2008 comedy film starring Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon as a married couple who love Latin dancing, and Bruno Romy as a depressed man trying to commit suicide. It was an entry in the International Critic`s Week during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. ==Critical recepti...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(2008_film)

  8. rumba
    1) Arthur murray lesson 2) Ballroom dance 3) Ballroom music 4) Big band music 5) Caribbean dance 6) Cuban ballroom dance 7) Cuban dance 8) Dance 9) Dance from cuba 10) Dance music 11) Dance of cuban origin 12) Dancer...
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