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How to pronounce canasta in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms basket rummy, meld
Type of rum, rummy
Has types bolivia, samba

Examples of canasta

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Bridge and canasta enthusiasts meet regularly and beginners are always welcomed.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
It will include a variety of board and card games such as canasta and bridge.
From the charlotteobserver.com
We see it everywhere, from the local coffee house to grandma's canasta game.
From the forbes.com
Mr Van Sant remains a very natty dresser and one of Hollywood's finest canasta players.
From the guardian.co.uk
Other monthly activities include dinner club, men's group, canasta, bridge and mah-jongg.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Mom played canasta at the tables, children played old maid in a booth, dads held court.
From the stltoday.com
Tremendous Thursday offers a computer workshop, hand work, canasta and the writers group.
From the tennessean.com
Brighton also bonded with Fran's mother, Sylvia, after joining a canasta league together.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Donations included Lake Hickory boat rides, handmade items and catered evenings of canasta.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
  • Canasta (Spanish for "basket"; in English) is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for 2, 3, 5 or 6 players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. ...
  • Canasta is a Chicago, Illinois-based chamber pop sextet. Their most recent full-length album, The Fakeout, the Tease and the Breather, was released in May of 2010 on the label RWIM Chicago. ...
  • (card games) A card game, using two packs, similar to rummy, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank; A meld of seven cards in said card game
  • A card game that is similar to rummy, but more complex. Players attempt to make melds of 7 cards of the same rank, and go down by playing all cards in their hand and discarding. ...
  • Is a card game, a variation of rummy, played with two decks, that became all the rage in the 1950s, displacing bridge temporarily as the most popular card game. [Nathan: I, x]