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vallenato

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From Spanish vallenato, from valle (“valley”) nato (“born”).

noun vallenatos

  1. uncountable A popular style of folk music from Colombia.
  2. countable A piece performed in this style. 100% COLOMBIANO (Tonight) This showcase of upbeat Colombian music includes exuberant salsa from Orquesta Guayacán and Son de Cali, with accordion-pumped vallenatos from the duos of Jorge Celedón-Jimmy Zambrano and Herbert Vargas-Silvestre Dangond, and vallenato-rooted rock from Fonseca.

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@misc{vallenato_2026,
  title = {vallenato},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vallenato},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}