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South American moves Brazil adopted initially? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

samba

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'south american moves brazil adopted initially?' is the definition.
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'south american moves brazil adopted initially?' is the wordplay.
'south american' becomes 'SA'.
'initially?' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'initially' mean this).
The first letters of 'moves brazil adopted' is 'mba'.
'sa'+'mba'='SAMBA'

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(Other definitions for samba that I've seen before include "Dance, originally from Brazil" , "Lively ballroom dance from Brazil" , "Latin dance" , "Dance music" , "Brazilian dance" .)

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