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Where does “nouba” come from?

nouba (French) comes from Arabic نَوْبَة — change of the guard.

nouba (French): party, festival

Definitions

  1. party, festival

Ancestry of “nouba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَوْبَةchange of the guard
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