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highlife

noun

Meaning

  1. An extravagant lifestyle.
  2. A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

hiplife(English)hyphy(English)hip house(English)hi-fi(English)hifi(English)hillbilly music(English)deep house(English)acid house(English)igbo(English)juju(English)artiste(English)rumba(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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