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merengue (iou)



merengue noun. . M20.
[Amer. Spanish from Haitian creole meringue lit. 'meringue' from French.]
A dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, with alternating long and short stiff-legged steps; a piece of music for this dance, usu. in duple and triple time.