soca

[ soh-kah ]

noun

1. a style of Caribbean dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.

soca

¹

/ ˈsəʊkə /

noun

1. a mixture of soul and calypso music typical of the E Caribbean

SOCA

²

/ ˈsəʊkə /

acronym for

1. Serious Organized Crime Agency: a British government organization set up in 2004 specifically to combat organized crime

Word History and Origins

Origin of soca¹

1975–80; so(ul) + ca(lypso)

Word History and Origins

Origin of soca¹

C20: a blend of soul and calypso

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Blade

August 2020 saw no soca floats sliding along West London’s Ladbroke Grove.

From Time

We must start with this that soke, socna, soca, is the Anglo-Saxon scn and has for its primary meaning a seeking.

From Project Gutenberg

It was out of the question that he should be guilty of such barbarisms as saca et soca.

From Project Gutenberg

The text says that he must lie at his lords fold; but probably it refers to the soca faldae.

From Project Gutenberg

Fragments of a sodalite-syenite have also been found at Soca in the same neighbourhood.

From Project Gutenberg

These lands are specially distinguished from 'sokeland' (terra de soca).

From Project Gutenberg