guajira
[ gwah-heer-uh; Spanish gwah-hee-rah ]
noun,plural gua·ji·ras [gwah-heer-uhz; Spanish gwah-hee-rahs]. /gwɑˈhɪər əz; Spanish gwɑˈhi rɑs/.
a Cuban peasant dance with shifting rhythms.
Origin of guajira
1First recorded in1920–25; from Latin American Spanish (Cuba): literally, “peasant woman”
Words Nearby guajira
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How to use guajira in a sentence
But let us hasten, or else we shall lose our Guajiro and guajira in the crowd in the fiesta, and that would be a sad pity.
Cuba Past and Present | Richard Davey
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