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junkanoos

junkanoos is the plural of junkanoo.

Meaning of junkanoo

Noun

junkanoo (countable and uncountable, plural junkanoos)

  1. A parade held in the Bahamas.
  2. A style of goombay traditionally played on goatskin drums and cowbells during the parade.
    • Rafael sang from his stuffings, the beat swirled, the brass blasted, and in a three-month period, America bought a bargeful of the Munings' "junkanoo" sound.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274

Noun capitalized: Junkanoos

Junkanoos

  1. (plural) plural of Junkanoo

Questions about junkanoos

What is junkanoos the plural of?
Junkanoos is the plural of junkanoo.
What part of speech is junkanoos?
Junkanoos is a noun.

Words near junkanoos in the dictionary

  1. junkaneer
  2. junkaneers
  3. junkanoo
  4. Junkanooer
  5. Junkanooers
  6. junkanoos
  7. junkball
  8. junkballer
  9. junkballers
  10. junkballing
  11. junkballs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: junkanoos (page history and authors); Junkanoos (page history and authors); junkanoo (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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