cariocan.
/ˌkarɪˈəʊkə/, U.S. /ˌkɛriˈoʊkə/ 1. A native of Rio de Janeiro. Also attributive.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of South America > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Brazil > towns or cities
Paulista1817
carioca1830
1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil I. 499 A fountain in the largo or square of the Carioca.
1830 R. Walsh Notices of Brazil I. 500 The term Carioca is applied to a citizen of Rio in the same sense as cockney to a citizen of London.
1925 L. E. Elliott in Countries of World V. xxxiii. 3364/2 Every one born in the capital [Rio de Janeiro] is a ‘carioca’; the true native is supposed to be born within sight of the historic Largo de Carioca (a fine square with a great fountain).
1925 L. E. Elliott in Countries of World V. xxxiii. 3372/1 The freedom of the carioca pencil and the pungency of carioca wit.
1965 New Statesman 10 Dec. 922/2 The Cariocas have left the cool and attractive hillsides to the shanty-dwellers.
2. A type of dance related to the samba, originating in Brazil; also, the music for this dance.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > Latin-American dances
samba1885
rumba1912
tango1913
tangoing1913
milonga1914
carioca1934
beguine1935
mambo1946
cha-cha1954
1934 Washington Post 13 Mar. 3/5 The polka has gone out of fashion, but why don't they learn the carioca?
1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xviii. 216 A certain brand of cigarette—one puff of which..will make a week-old corpse spring from its bier and dance the Carioca.
1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile iii. 46 A pal of mine who had sprained an ankle while trying to teach the choir boys the carioca.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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