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noun, feminine

rumba

/ˈrumba/

noun, feminine/ˈrumba/plural: rumbas

party; rumba (Cuban dance)

Cuban Spanish, from rumbo (“spree, party”), meaning evolved from "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo (“rhombus”), referencing the compass, which is marked by a rhombus. See rhombus.