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 /

acronym

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

soca

²

/ ˈsəʊkə /

noun

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

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

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.

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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.

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Dance to soca music at Junkyard Jouvert.

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“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.”

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Named after the Spanish slang word for dancing, the party focuses heavily on sounds from Latin and South America, but also delves into music from other parts of the world such as soca and Gqom, which has roots in South Africa.

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