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zydeco

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"Louisiana music"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈzaɪdɪˌkəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted cdeoyzStarts with ZEnds with O1 clues
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Definitions

  1. music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues

Word origin

From Louisiana Creole zydéco, compare French zarico; possibly from a metanalysis of French les haricots (“beans”) as French le zarico (“beans”) in a dance-tune title.

Used in a sentence

  • Sunpie—in real life, a park ranger and an accordionist who leads a good zydeco band—taunted Harrison […].

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