bamboula

English

Etymology

From a French creole.

Noun

bamboula (plural bamboulas)

  1. A drum made from giant bamboo.
  2. A dance accompanied by such drums.
    • 2008, Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans, Lawrence Hill Books 2009, p. 74:
      The British colonies did not permit these dances, so the calinda and the bamboula did not flourish in the plantation societies of Virginia and Carolina.

French

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Noun

bamboula m (plural bamboulas)

  1. bamboula (drum)
  2. (ethnic slur) black African

bamboula f (plural bamboulas)

  1. bamboula (dance)
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