bata
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria.
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A surname.
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city and capital of Litoral, Equatorial Guinea; the largest city in Equatorial Guinea.
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Example Sentences
- "Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine."
- "Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together."
- "Several days on, residents of Bata are still coming to grips with the full scale of a tragedy that has killed at least 105 people and injured more than 600 others."
- "Now BATA is increasing tolls again saying additional maintenance and repair costs were not factored into the 2018 measure."
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