Ska Definition
skä
noun
A form of dance music, originally from Jamaica, characterized by the use of saxophones and brass, a heavily accented offbeat, and the influence of New Orleans rhythm and blues, jazz, and calypso.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
(astronomy) Initialism of Square Kilometer Array.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ska
From the phrase (Love) Ska(voovie) greeting used by Jamaican bassist Cluet Johnson, one of the early creators of ska, or imitative of the sound of a guitar in tandem with a rim click on a snare drum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Origin uncertain. Probably imitative of the crisp guitar sound; other suggestions include a contraction of American slang skavoovie, or of speed polka.
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