What dance/music/style name is thought derived from the Spanish word ('with the colour of flame') for the wading bird Phoenicopterus?
Music of Latin America few Malagasies came to the Americas casts doubt on this etymology, but it is significant because it emphasizes what Fouchard (and most Haitians) consider the African-derived nature of their music and national identity. Very popular today is compas, short for "compas direct", a modern méringue made popular by Nemours Jean-Baptiste, on a recording released in 1955. The name derives from "compás", the Spanish word meaning rhythm or tones. It involves mostly medium-to-fast tempo beats with an emphasis on electric guitars, synthesizers, and either a solo alto saxophone, a horn section or the synthesizer equivalent. In Creole, it is spelled as
Flamingo Flamingo Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. Four flamingo species are distributed throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean, and two species are native to Africa, Asia, and Europe. The name "flamingo" comes from Portuguese or Spanish "flamengo", "flame-colored", in turn coming from Provençal "flamenc" from "flama" "flame" and Germanic-like suffix "-ing", with a possible influence of words like "Fleming". A similar etymology has the Latinate Greek term "phoenicopterus" (from "phoinikopteros"), literally "blood red-feathered". Traditionally, the long-legged Ciconiiformes, probably a paraphyletic assemblage, have been considered the