| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sou·kous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s  ks |
| NOUN: | A rumbalike West African dance music originating in Congo (formerly Zaire). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps (via Lingala) from French secouer, to shake, from Old French secourre, from Latin succutere, to jolt : sub-, sub- + quatere, to shake; see kw t- in Appendix I.
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