morna
/məʊˈɹnɑ/
morna noun: a genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.
Noun
morna (countable and uncountable, plural mornas)
- A genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.
- She [Cesária Évora] is most famous for singing morna, which roughly translates to “songs of mourning.” As with many other kinds of folk music, morna songs are handed down from generation to generation, tracing dominant themes in a people's history.2005, Kate Tuttle, “Evora, Cesaria”, in Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates (Jr.), editors, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Oxford University Press, →ISBN...
- A piece of music in this style.
morna meaning in Malay
morna in Malay
- a genre of Cape Verdean music
- morna
Forms of morna
| plural | mornas |
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Origin of morna
Borrowed from Portuguese morna.
Words that rhyme with morna
Questions about morna
- What does morna mean?
- Morna means a genre of Cape Verdean music and dance.
- What is morna in Malay?
- Morna in Malay is morna. See Morna meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is morna?
- Morna is a noun.
- How do you pronounce morna?
- Morna is pronounced /məʊˈɹnɑ/.
- What is the plural of morna?
- The plural of morna is mornas.
Words near morna in the dictionary
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