Dance in Rio (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SAMBA

{ Related Clues }

Dance
Brazilian dance
Brazillian dance
Carioca's cousin
Carnaval dance
Carnival dance
Dance for Miranda
Latin dance
Latin step
Relative of the rumba
Rio dance
Spirited dance
1930's Brazilian import
Afro-Brazilian dance
Arthur Murray lesson
Bossa nova kin
Bossa nova relative
Cousin of the bossa nova
Dance of African origin
Latin ballroom dance
*Rio ... rhythm ... ballroom
Brazilian dance of African origin
Dance music with an infectious beat

{ Tags }

african, afro, ballroom, bossa, brazilian, carnival, cousin, dance, kin, latin, lesson, music, nova, origin, relative, rhythm, rhythmic, rio, samba, time, 44

{ Notes }

The answer SAMBA is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SAMBA as a noun:

1. (obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon) = large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

2. music composed for dancing the samba

3. a lively ballroom dance from Brazil

4. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

SAMBA as a verb:

1. dance the samba