[ ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)'meɪnɪə ]
■ noun a Jamaican folk religion combining revivalism with ancestor worship and spirit possession.
Origin
1930s: prob. a Hispanicized form of a local word, the second element being interpreted as -mania .
[ ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)'meɪnɪə ]
■ noun a Jamaican folk religion combining revivalism with ancestor worship and spirit possession.
Origin
1930s: prob. a Hispanicized form of a local word, the second element being interpreted as -mania .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004