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kumbayah

kumbayah is the alternative spelling of kumbaya.

Meaning of kumbaya

Noun

kumbaya

  1. Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song.
    • Dr. Hoffman told me the word kumbaya was originally an African American spiritual, a song that was also a prayer asking for divine intervention, asking for help in dire times, and that then the hippies in the sixties took it and sang it to mean unity amid protest, and then it got played out and...2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 163

Questions about kumbayah

What is kumbayah the alternative spelling of?
Kumbayah is the alternative spelling of kumbaya.

Words near kumbayah in the dictionary

  1. kumazemi
  2. kumazemis
  3. Kumbakonam
  4. kumbalanga
  5. kumbaya
  6. kumbayah
  7. kumberbund
  8. kumberbunds
  9. Kumbh Mela
  10. Kumbh Melas
  11. kumbha

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