soca

American  

[soh-kah] / ˈsoʊ kɑ /

noun

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

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SOCA ¹ British  

/ ˈsəʊkə /

acronym

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

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soca ² British  

/ ˈsəʊkə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of soca

1975–80; so(ul) + ca(lypso)

Example Sentences

She moved to Los Angeles in 2015, first landing at a spot near the La Brea Tar Pits before relocating to a house in the San Fernando Valley that she shares with her dogs, Scarbro and Soca.

From Los Angeles Times

In what Kaleen believes is a testament to the work they have been doing, they were asked to sort the sprawling closet of Machel Montano, a musician known as the "King of Soca" and a superstar in the carnival world.

From BBC

Dance to soca music at Junkyard Jouvert.

From Los Angeles Times

“I just felt it in my heart that L.A. could use the context of soca to enjoy it because soca is a weird genre that you have to really experience the environment to appreciate it,” says Cooper, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago but raised between Venezuela and New York.

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ll just go anywhere from an L.A. hip-hop song into a reggaeton song into a soca song into baile funk into an edit and then back down to Sexyy Red, but it all still connects because all music is connected.”

From Los Angeles Times