What does Reggae mean?

Definitions for Reggae
ˈrɛg eɪreg·gae

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reggaenoun

    popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

Wiktionary

  1. reggaenoun

    A form of music originating in Jamaica and associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line, percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Freebase

  1. Reggae

    Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady.

Editors Contribution

  1. reggae

    A creation, style and form of music.

    Reggae is a popular form of music and is loved and played throughout the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2016  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reggae in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Reggae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Reggae in a Sentence

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    those who lie about trench town reggae will always try to evade me and- the searching for truth questions- which I will ask them. the questions I ask, will show them up to be liars. so far, none has dared to accept my challenges after all these years. they fear my -(c) reggae polygraphy.

  2. Ricardo A Scott:

    There are those who sit and wonder why others strive amongst all the odds. They will never know, as they are the ones who try to keep others back by their envy and connivance with which they are preoccupied most of the time'- ricardo a scott, reggae inventor from trench town

  3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    CREATOR OF MANY WORDS AND PHRASES RELATED TO REGGAE, RADIOLOGY, AND RASTAFARI. A GIFTED TEACHER OF LEGENDS. eg-REGGAE OPERA D.I.V.A- DIVINELY INSPIRED VOCAL ACAPPELA. CREATOR OF REGGAE SKANKING, AND DANCE.

  4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    ras cardo speaks: one of the greatest blunders and mistakes jamaica has made to-reggae- is the ostracizing and exclusion of the trench town people from the rest of the society. they never knew us, because they never wanted to get to know us. so, now, when I hear them talking about reggae music as their- cultural export - one wonders, who are they fooling? the damage is already done.

  5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    I did say. Reggae is rastafarian, prophesy, and message giving. It aims to unite people in a loving way, so we can stop all this hatred, racism, and killings. I think the music industry is trying to take that spirit out of it and really secularize it- but that will never happen! it is the word of god speaking to his people.

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  • Janet Grace Esson-Scott
    Janet Grace Esson-Scott
    REGGAE IS TRULY DEFINED AS- R.E.G.G.A.E= REDEFINING/REAFFIRMING GHETTO GENIUS ANYWHERE/EVERYWHERE OR ANYTIME/EVERYTIME. THIS IS THE TRUE DEFINITION BY RICARDO(RAS CARDO)SCOTT FROM TRENCH TOWN WHO NAMED AND CREATED THE SOUND. HE ALSO HAS THE COPYRIGHTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON D.C. USA. 
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