plena

a plain, pl. plains

Borrowed from French plaine.

a type of music from the island of Puerto Rico featuring a characteristic rhythm played upon frame drums called panderetas; Dancehall music, Reggae en Español; A song, especially one that is catchy and/or personally preferred by the listener; a jam, a tune.

Uncertain, but often attributed as a folk etymology to an event at which an immigrant woman to Puerto Rico from the Lesser Antilles by the name of Ana or Anna, vigorously played a rhythm on a tambourine type instrument to shouts of "Play Anna! Play Anna!".