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quelbe

quelbe noun: a style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.

Noun

quelbe (uncountable)

  1. (Virgin Islands) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
    Synonyms:
    fungi, scratch

Synonyms of quelbe

Questions about quelbe

What does quelbe mean?
Quelbe means a style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
What part of speech is quelbe?
Quelbe is a noun.

Words near quelbe in the dictionary

  1. queitite
  2. Quek
  3. Quekchi
  4. Quekett
  5. quel surprise
  6. quelbe
  7. quelch
  8. quelched
  9. quelches
  10. quelching
  11. quelea

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