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mornas

mornas is the plural of morna.

Meaning of morna

Noun

morna (countable and uncountable, plural mornas)

  1. (uncountable) 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...
  2. (countable) A piece of music in this style.

Questions about mornas

What is mornas the plural of?
Mornas is the plural of morna.

Words near mornas in the dictionary

  1. mormyromast
  2. mormyromasts
  3. morn
  4. morn's morning
  5. morna
  6. mornas
  7. mornay
  8. morne
  9. Morneau
  10. Morneault
  11. Morneaults

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