Definitions for goombays

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goombays goom·bay

Spelling: [goo m-bey, goom-]

IPA: /ˈgʊm beɪ, ˈgum-/

Goombays is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 194 anagrams from letters in goombays (abgmoosy).

Definitions for goombays

noun

1. the style of calypso music or rhythm popular in the Bahamas.

Origin of goombays

compare Jamaican English gombay a drum, said to be Kongo ŋgoma, ŋkumbi drum (or a cognate Bantu word)