Definitions for reggae
ˈrɛg eɪreg·gae

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1. reggaenoun

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

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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.

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1. reggae

   Reggae is a genre of music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. It is characterized by a tempo slower than ska and rocksteady, heavy emphasis on the offbeat rhythm, and often incorporates themes of social criticism, religion, and love. The music is usually marked by the distinctive use of the bass guitar and incorporates instruments like drums, keyboards, and brass. Reggae is also associated with Rastafarian culture and has been influential in the development of other music styles like hip-hop and punk.

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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.

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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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1. • Popular Music

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce reggae?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say reggae in sign language?

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:

   There are serious risks to living in paradise. Such are the ways in jamaica. It would be difficult for the media and its conspirators to come forth now and tell the truth about my trench town reggae creation, after having perpetrated lies on our history for so long. However, an attempt was made by the late- michael manley as prime minister to do so.

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:

   my mentoring with bob marley was both detailed and expansive. he was willing to learn, so I showed him a lot- the reasoning-yu a go tired fi si mi face, you kaan get mi outta di race- was one of many prophetic reggae and rastafari vision which he put in a song. today, his face is everywhere. I am ras cardo who created reggae and the music in my 1962 back yard. I own the copyrights for reggae creation and others.library of congress has the proof.

4. Errol Campbell:

   It is high time that the government makes him our eighth national hero, bob was a reggae genius who has done more for Jamaica than most others by popularizing our music.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   I coined the word-frienimicus- using the latin I learned in catholic high school at the same time when I coined the word- reggae from the word streggae. I knew from an early age that languages in latin and greek were used by the ancients and now forms the roots of many english words. it has helped my icabulary and word power immensely. this means when a friend becomes an enemy as when an enemy becomes a friend. I learned latin and greek at an early age, mostly self taught.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reggae
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reggae
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=reggae
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=reggae