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maxixe (mak-SEEKS or mah-SHEE-shi) - n., a Brazilian ballroom dance in a rapid duple measure with a syncopated rhythm, sometimes called the Brazilian tango.
The second pronunciation is close to the original Brazilian Portuguese. The dance was developed and named in the early 1910s, becoming popular by 1914. As for the original of the name, I'll quote the Random House dictionary: "Brazilian Portugeuse: lit., West Indian gherkin (allegedly a name given to a Carnival figure, from which the dance took its name), said to be < Kimbundu", that last being an Angolan language.
ETA: Okay, now this is freaky. But note the dates!
---L.
The second pronunciation is close to the original Brazilian Portuguese. The dance was developed and named in the early 1910s, becoming popular by 1914. As for the original of the name, I'll quote the Random House dictionary: "Brazilian Portugeuse: lit., West Indian gherkin (allegedly a name given to a Carnival figure, from which the dance took its name), said to be < Kimbundu", that last being an Angolan language.
ETA: Okay, now this is freaky. But note the dates!
---L.
