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Mambo : ایک قسم کا رقص , Samba : مقبول برازیلی رقص سمبا , Quickstep : بزمیہ رقص کا طریقہ , Valse : ایک قسم کا ناچ , Two-Step : دو تال کا رقص , Cancan : فرانسیسی عورتوں کا رقص , Jitterbug : تیز رقص , Rebozo : مفلر , Che Guevara : ارجنٹینا کا انقلابی قائد , Wax : موم , Haym Salomon : امریکی انقلابی سرمایہ کار , Jive : جاز موسیقی پر رقص , Latinize : لاطینی میں ترجمہ کرنا , Latinist : لاطینی زبان کا ماہر , Latinate : لاطینی نما , Neo-Latin : نئی لاطینی زبان؛ , Latinism : لاطینی محاورہ اور الفاظ جو دوسری زبان میں استعمال کئے گئے ہو ں , Latin-American : لاطینی امریکی , Matrix : بچے کی رحم میں نشو نما کی جگہ , Agnus Dei : دعا , Llano : وسیع چٹیل میدان , Mater : والدہ , Aelius Donatus : رومی زبان دان , Old Country : تارکین وطن , Repatriation : وطن واپسی , Heterologic : مختلف ساخت کا , Etymology : لفظ کی تاریخ , Hybrid : ملاپ , Genetic : ابتدا سے متعلق , Hexameter : چھ سطروں والا بند , Homologic : ہم نسبت

Useful Words Definitions

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Mambo: a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba.

Samba: a lively ballroom dance from Brazil.

Quickstep: a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps.

Valse: a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.

Two-Step: a ballroom dance in duple meter; marked by sliding steps.

Cancan: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.

Jitterbug: a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s.

Rebozo: a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women.

Che Guevara: an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro`s chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967).

Wax: any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.

Haym Salomon: American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785).

Jive: dance to jive music; dance the jive.

Latinize: translate into Latin.

Latinist: a specialist in the Latin language.

Latinate: derived from or imitative of Latin.

Neo-Latin: Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature.

Latinism: a word or phrase borrowed from Latin.

Latin-American: of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people.

Matrix: an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb).

Agnus Dei: a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words.

Llano: an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).

Mater: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.

Aelius Donatus: Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century).

Old Country: the country of origin of an immigrant.

Repatriation: the act of returning to the country of origin.

Heterologic: not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin.

Etymology: a history of a word and its origin.

Hybrid: a composite of mixed origin.

Genetic: pertaining to or referring to origin.

Hexameter: a verse line having six metrical feet; It was the standard epic metre in classical Greek and Latin literature.

Homologic: similar in evolutionary origin but not in function.