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bangra

bangra is the alternative form of bhangra.

Meaning of bhangra

Noun

bhangra (countable and uncountable, plural bhangras)

  1. A lively style of music originating from India.
  2. A traditional Punjabi folk dance, originally a celebration of the harvest.
  3. Any of various modern Punjabi dance styles of the 1950s and 1990s.
  4. Any style of electronic dance music (EDM) influenced by the musics of the Indian subcontinent.
  5. A false daisy (Eclipta prostrata).

Forms of bangra

pluralbangras

Questions about bangra

What is bangra the alternative form of?
Bangra is the alternative form of bhangra.

Words near bangra in the dictionary

  1. Bangong Co
  2. Bangor
  3. Bangor-on-Dee
  4. Bangorite
  5. bangorrhea
  6. bangra
  7. bangras
  8. Bangru
  9. bangs
  10. bangs a uey
  11. bangs about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bangra (page history and authors); bhangra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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