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macarena wing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
macare-na wing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flow-turning device. A drag-reduction device that rotates a drag-inducing downforce-producing wing element into a flipped upside-down position where it does not interfere with airflow.

Informal

Etymology

Macarena (“dance”) + wing. Coined by the popular media, named after the popular 1990s dance that originated from the dancing in the video for the eponymous 1990s song by Los Del Rios. The song in turn is named after the Spanish female given name Macarena, which originates as a Marian title, after the location in Seville. The Seville location is named after the city gate, which had the Arabic name Bab-al-Makrin, which in turn is named for the land, which was once owned by a Roman patrician Macarius, from the Latin, which originates from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, happy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, μακάριος

Usage

Inflected Forms

macarena wings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

flow-turning device DRS drag reduction system

Questions

What does macarena wing mean?
A flow-turning device. A drag-reduction device that rotates a drag-inducing downforce-producing wing element into a flipped upside-down position where it does not interfere with airflow.
Where does macarena wing come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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