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Conga vs Longa - What's the difference?

conga | longa |

As nouns the difference between conga and longa

is that conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin while longa is a musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

As a verb conga

is to dance the conga.

As a preposition longa is

on, in, at, to.

conga

English

Noun

(wikipedia conga) (Conga Line) (en noun)
  • a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin
  • a march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain

    • Derived terms

    * conga line

    See also

    * bunny hop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the conga.
    • ----

    longa

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) langa, from (etyl) (m). Compare (etyl) and (etyl) long.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Australian Aboriginal) on, in, at, to
  • * 2000, Queensland Department of Justice, Aboriginal English in the courts: a handbook
    • He wait longa river.
    Synonyms
    * la * 'long

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) longa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) A musical note equal to two or three breves, i.e. four or six whole notes.

    • Anagrams

    * Australian Aboriginal English ----