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bossa

bossa is the clipping of bossa nova.

Meaning of bossa nova

Noun

bossa nova (countable and uncountable, plural bossa novas)

  1. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
  2. The music of that dance.
    1. A genre of music originating from Brazil, similar to a fusion of jazz and samba music, no longer closely associated with the Brazilian dance.

Forms of bossa

pluralbossas

Phrases with bossa

Questions about bossa

What is bossa the clipping of?
Bossa is the clipping of bossa nova.

Words near bossa in the dictionary

  1. boss rush
  2. boss rushes
  3. boss up
  4. boss-eyed
  5. boss-ship
  6. bossa
  7. bossa nova
  8. bossa novas
  9. bossaball
  10. bossage
  11. bossages

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bossa (page history and authors); bossa nova (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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