See mambo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "Latin American music genre",
"word": "mambo"
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"word": "मम्बो"
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"word": "mambo"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "Latin American music genre",
"word": "แมมโบ"
},
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "maimbo",
"sense": "Latin American music genre",
"word": "میمبو"
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"mambo"
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"To perform this dance."
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"(intransitive) To perform this dance."
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