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Where does “vuvuzela” come from?

vuvuzela (Spanish) comes from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela — to make a "vu vu" noise; to make a vuvu noise.

vuvuzela (Spanish): vuvuzela

Definitions

  1. vuvuzela

Ancestry of “vuvuzela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvuvuzelaA trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that...
2Zuluvuvuzelato make a "vu vu" noise; to make a vuvu noise
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