CACHUCHA

Etymology

Noun

cachucha (plural cachuchas)

A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia

A kind of sweet pepper grown in the Caribbean.

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*chu"cha, n. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.] The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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