GUAJIRA

Meaning of GUAJIRA in English

/gwah hear"euh/ ; Sp. /gwah hee"rddah/ , n. , pl. guajiras /-hear"euhz/ ; Sp. /-hee"rddahs/ .

a Cuban peasant dance with shifting rhythms.

[ 1920-25; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

GUAJIRA — gwäˈhirə noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish (Cuba), literally, peasant woman : a Cuban peasant dance tune or song …
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LA GUAJIRA PENINSULA — Peninsula, northwestern coast of South America. It is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and west and the …
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GUAJIRA, LA — departamento, northern Colombia. It is bounded on the north and west by the Caribbean Sea and on the east by …
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GUAJIRA PENINSULA, LA — Spanish Pennsula De La Guajira, Guajira also spelled Goajira, peninsula on the northwestern coast of South America. It is bounded …
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LA GUAJIRA PENINSULA — Peninsula, northwestern coast of South America. It is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and west and the …
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GUAJIRA DEPARTMENT — Гуахира
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PENINSULA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Alaska Peninsula Arabian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula Banks Peninsula Bicol Peninsula Boothia Peninsula Delmarva Peninsula …
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LA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Nuestra Señora de la Asunción La Habana Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie …
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RIOHACHA — capital of La Guajira departamento, northern Colombia. It lies on the Caribbean coast at the mouth of the Ranchera River. …
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PERIJ, MOUNTAINS OF — Spanish Serrana De Perij, also called Sierra De Perij, mountain chain, the northward extension of the Andean Cordillera Oriental, forming …
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GOAJIRO — Indian people of the Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and adjacent Venezuela. Numbering about 127,000 in the late 20th century, …
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COLOMBIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped yellow-blue-red national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Local opposition to Spanish rule in what is …
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LA — n. Aix la Chapelle Nuestra Señora de la Asunción La Habana Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie Maria Louise …
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PENINSULA — n. Indochinese Peninsula Alaska Peninsula Arabian Peninsula Balkan Peninsula Banks Peninsula Bicol Peninsula Boothia Peninsula Delmarva Peninsula Door Peninsula Eyre …
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ГУАХИРА — Guajira Department
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