Usually means: Brazilian jazz with samba rhythms.
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  1. bossa nova: Merriam-Webster
  2. bossa nova: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bossa nova: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bossa nova: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bossa-nova: Wordnik
  6. bossa nova: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. bossa nova: Wiktionary
  8. bossa nova: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. bossa nova: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. bossa nova: Dictionary.com
  11. bossa nova: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Bossa Nova (Bola Sete album), Bossa Nova (Eddie Harris album), Bossa Nova (John Pizzarelli album), Bossa Nova (Ramsey Lewis album), Bossa Nova (Shorty Rogers album), Bossa Nova (dance), Bossa Nova (film), Bossa Nova, Bossa nova (disambiguation), Bossa nova: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. bossa-nova: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. bossa nova: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
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  1. bossa nova: Encyclopedia

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  1. Bossa Nova: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bossa nova)

▸ noun:  A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
▸ noun:  The music of that dance.
▸ noun:  A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.

Similar:
bossanova, baiao, samba, botafogo, maxixe, batucada, baile, bloco, sambadrome, milonga, more...

Types:
samba, bossnova, partido alto, choro, frevo, marchrancho, maxixe, more...

Phrases:
Soul Bossa Nova, Blame It on the Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Baby, Big Band Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Hotel, more...

Adjectives:
mariachi, polonaise, jit, polonese, jungle, two-step, donk, barococo, anapestic, cat, jazzed


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Similar:
bossanova, baiao, samba, botafogo, maxixe, batucada, baile, bloco, sambadrome, milonga, more...

Types:
samba, bossnova, partido alto, choro, frevo, marchrancho, maxixe, more...

Phrases:
Soul Bossa Nova, Blame It on the Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Baby, Big Band Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova Hotel, more...

Adjectives:
mariachi, polonaise, jit, polonese, jungle, two-step, donk, barococo, anapestic, cat, jazzed



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