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ska

noun \ˈskä\

: a type of fast popular music that combines elements of traditional Caribbean rhythms and jazz

Full Definition of SKA

:  popular music of Jamaican origin that combines elements of traditional Caribbean rhythms and jazz
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Origin of SKA

perhaps alteration of 3scat
First Known Use: 1964

Rhymes with SKA

aah, ah, baa, bah, blah, Blois, bra, dah, droit, fa, Fra, ha, Jah, Kwa, la, ma, nah, pa, pas, Ra, rah, schwa, shah, spa, ta

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