noun
Goa
GOH-uh
noun
1
A style of fast, trance-like electronic dance music built on droning basslines and shifting, hypnotic beats, first popularized at beach parties in Goa, India, in the late 1980s.
"The festival's late-night stage was reserved for goa and psytrance DJs."
"He discovered goa music at a full-moon party years before it went mainstream."
How to Use Goa
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pulsing, hypnotic style of electronic dance music that grew out of beach parties in Goa, India.
Common pairings
goa trance
a goa party
goa DJ
Word Forms
goas plural
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Etymology
Named after Goa, the Indian state where this style of trance music took shape among travellers and DJs in the late 1980s.