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Type of ballroom dance, ballroom dancing
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Type of brazilian
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Type of dance music

Examples of carioca

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Carioca-Variants of the fluminense dialect spoken in Greater Rio de Janeiro.
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The shop's iconic symbol is a carioca, a woman from Rio de Janeiro, holding a cup of coffee.
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We slipped into a leisurely carioca rhythm.
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Musically, the album incorporates styles that range from hip hop and electroclash to funk carioca and punk rock.
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Tia Ciata, grandmother of the composer Bucy Moreira, was responsible for the sedimentation of samba carioca.
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Some sources do not include the city of Rio de Janeiro and its adjacent metropolitan area, which have their own accents, collectively called carioca.
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The creamy palazzo pants with nautical stripes that closed the show added just a hint of Parisian chic to this upscale carioca collection.
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The release of the latter marked the first time that a funk carioca-inspired song was played on mainstream radio and music television in Brazil, its country of origin.
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  • A native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro
  • Music composed for dancing the carioca
  • A lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba
  • Carioca is a Portuguese adjective or demonym word that refers to the metropolitan area of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The original word "Kara'i oca" comes from the indigenous Amerindian language of the Tupi people, meaning "White Man's House".
  • Carioca is a Chilean card game similar to Rummy style card games with many variations. The variation described below is Perla Carioca. See for a description in Spanish of a related variation.
  • "(The) Carioca" is a 1933 popular song with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn, as well as the name of the dance choreographed to it for the 1933 film Flying Down to Rio. ...
  • (Cariocas) as residents of Rio de Janeiro are called in Brazil, have made extensive contributions to Brazil's history, culture, music, literature, education, science, technology etc. ...
  • A native of Rio de Janiero. Also the name of a dance in a Mel Torme song, and the namesake of the 1960s vocal band, Os Cariocas.
  • Of or from Rio de Janiero city. See also fluminense.