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bossanova

bossanova is the alternative form 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 bossanova

pluralbossanovas

Questions about bossanova

What is bossanova the alternative form of?
Bossanova is the alternative form of bossa nova.

Words near bossanova in the dictionary

  1. bossal
  2. bossale
  3. bossales
  4. Bossall
  5. bossals
  6. bossanova
  7. bossanovas
  8. Bossard
  9. Bossards
  10. Bossart
  11. Bossarts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bossanova (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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