soca
[soh-kah]
- a style of Caribbean dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.
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Origin of soca
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Historical Examples
A similar expression is applied to the possession of 'soca'.
The duty known as soca faldae is the duty of seeking the lords fold.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
We must start with this that soke, socna, soca, is the Anglo-Saxon scn and has for its primary meaning a seeking.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
The text says that he must lie at his lords fold; but probably it refers to the soca faldae.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
Fragments of a sodalite-syenite have also been found at Soca in the same neighbourhood.
soca
- a mixture of soul and calypso music typical of the E Caribbean
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Word Origin
C20: a blend of soul and calypso
SOCA
- Serious Organized Crime Agency: a British government organization set up in 2004 specifically to combat organized crime
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