reggae

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A style of popular music from Jamaica with a strong, steady rhythm and a heavy bass.

   Bob Marley made reggae popular all over the world.

Simplified etymology

Reggae dates from the 1960s and may be related to Jamaican English rege-rege, meaning “quarrel” or “row.” The connection is uncertain.

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.

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