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salsa

[sahl-suh, sahl-sah] / ˈsɑl sə, ˈsɑl sɑ /


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She laughed some more when I told her that their leader, Medea Benjamin, was a great salsa dancer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

My grandparents left as teens in the 1950s, then met while dancing salsa in Union City, N.J.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

An avid gardener, she enjoyed making salsa with her son using homegrown tomatoes and peppers, her husband said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Carlos said that Colón expanded and politicised salsa music, taking it to stages where it hadn't been heard before.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

From son an abundant range of dance and song types blossomed: danzon, rumba, guaguanco, yambu, bossa nova, mambo, chachacha, conga, and eventually salsa.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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