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mambo

 
Dictionary: mam·bo   (mäm') pronunciation
 
n., pl. -bos.
  1. A dance of Latin American origin, resembling the rumba.
  2. The syncopated music for this dance in 4/4 time.
intr.v., -boed, -bo·ing, -bos.

To perform this dance.

[American Spanish, from mamboo, wooden cane, percussion instrument.]


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A popular open source content management system (CMS) that is used to create and manage Web sites. Written in PHP and using the MySQL database, Mambo was released in 2001 by Peter Lamont of Miro Construct Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. In 2005, it was turned over to the Mambo Foundation www.mambo-foundation.org). See Joomla! and content management system.

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A dance of the 1940s, of Cuban origins. It is in a fairly quick 4/4 time, to music characterized by ostinato and riff passages for wind instruments.



 
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IN BRIEF: n. - A Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba v. - Dance a certain Latin American dance.

Tutor's tip: Don't miss the snake charmer at the market -- he's trained a "mamba" (an African venomous snake) to do the "mambo" (a rhythmic Latin dance).

 
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Mambo may refer to:

  • Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form
  • Mambo (dance), a dance corresponding to mambo music
  • Mambo section, a section in some types of Afro-Caribbean music, such as Salsa, Danzon
  • "Mambo No. 5", a song originally by Pérez Prado and more recently Lou Bega
  • Mambo (Voodoo), a Haitian Creole word for a Voodoo priestess.
  • Mambo (software), a popular open source content management system.
  • Mambo (greeting), a Swahili greeting commonly used by young people in East African countries especially Tanzania and some parts of Kenya. It's considered a slang greeting, and translates to "things?" as in "how are things?"[1]
  • "MAMbo", the Bologna Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Italy
  • "Mambo!", a 2005 single by Elena Paparizou
  • Mambo Graphics the company behind the Australian surf clothing brand Mambo
  • Mambo (club), a club in Long Beach, California
  • Mambos (TFI Mambo's club), a club in Urmston, Manchester
  • Mambo (cologne), a men's fragrance made by Liz Claiborne.


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