What does Reggae mean?
Definitions for Reggae
ˈrɛg eɪreg·gae
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Princeton's WordNet
reggaenoun
popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar
Wiktionary
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.
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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.
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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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Reggae in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Reggae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Reggae in a Sentence
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.
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
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.
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.
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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- الريغيArabic
- reggaeDanish
- ReggaeGerman
- ρέγκεGreek
- reggaeEsperanto
- el reggaeSpanish
- رگیPersian
- reggaeFinnish
- reggaeFrench
- रेगHindi
- reggaeHungarian
- reggaeIndonesian
- reggíIcelandic
- reggaeItalian
- レゲエJapanese
- 레게Korean
- reggaeLatin
- reggaeNorwegian
- рэгги, реггиRussian
- регеSerbo-Croatian
- reggaeSwedish
- రెగెTelugu
- เร้กเก้Thai
- reggaeTurkish
- ریگےUrdu
- רעגגאַעYiddish
- 雷鬼Chinese
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