soca
a style of Caribbean dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.
Origin of soca
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How to use soca in a sentence
This event is an experience of non-stop music, dancing, and good vibes and a crossover of genres and cultures such as hip hop, Afrobeats and soca.
August 2020 saw no soca floats sliding along West London’s Ladbroke Grove.
'This Is Not the Time for Tiptoeing.' How British Vogue's Edward Enninful Is Shaking Up the Fashion World | Diana Evans | September 11, 2020 | TimeWe must start with this that soke, socna, soca, is the Anglo-Saxon scn and has for its primary meaning a seeking.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandIt was out of the question that he should be guilty of such barbarisms as saca et soca.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThe text says that he must lie at his lords fold; but probably it refers to the soca faldae.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
Fragments of a sodalite-syenite have also been found at soca in the same neighbourhood.
These lands are specially distinguished from 'sokeland' (terra de soca).
British Dictionary definitions for soca (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsəʊkə) /
a mixture of soul and calypso music typical of the E Caribbean
Origin of soca
1British Dictionary definitions for SOCA (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsəʊkə) /
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