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• carioca
  carioca

  noun

  a modification of the samba.
• Carioca
  Carioca

  noun

  a native of Rio de Janeiro.

carioca

¹ American  

[kar-ee-oh-kuh] / ˌkær iˈoʊ kə /

noun

1. a modification of the samba.

2. the music for this dance.

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Carioca ² American  

[kar-ee-oh-kuh, kah-ree-aw-kuh] / ˌkær iˈoʊ kə, ˌkɑ riˈɔ kə /

noun

1. a native of Rio de Janeiro.

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carioca British  

/ ˌkærɪˈəʊkə /

noun

1. a Brazilian dance similar to the samba

2. a piece of music composed for this dance

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Etymology

Origin of carioca¹

First recorded in 1930–35; after Carioca

Origin of Carioca²

1820–30; < Brazilian Portuguese < Tupi, equivalent to cari white + oca house or boca descendant of

Example Sentences

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And while Brazilian pop ambassador Anitta introduced MTV’s core audience to funk carioca, those of us at De Los were introduced to Stephen Sanchez, the California-born country star making waves in Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

Over the next few years, the sound was repurposed in a variety of new contexts, alongside cumbia, funk carioca and other styles.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

And, on Sundays, half of Rio’s waterfront highway is closed to traffic, making the distinctive orange bikes a quintessentially carioca way to reach the beach.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2019

Ms. Pinheiro is a born-and-bred carioca, as Rio natives are known, unlike Ms. Bündchen, who hails from Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, bordering Argentina and Uruguay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2016

The music ended, and a voice announced in laboriously classic Portuguese, with only a trace of the guttural tonation of the carioca, that the most important news items of the day would be given.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 by Bates, Harry

Another dance group is Passinho Carioca in the Penha complex of favelas on the other side of the city.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

Tigres lost its man advantage minutes later when defender Rafael Carioca was given a straight red, evening the sides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

In the city of Pará de Minas, authorities were monitoring the Carioca hydroelectric dam amid concerns it could burst.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2022

Brazil's state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA is ramping up its 180,000 bpd floating platform Carioca, which in August started production at Sepia deep-water field in the Santos Basin.

From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2021

The barracks of the Carioca are built, and the other barracks are prepared.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria