nova ondo
Esperanto
Etymology
From nova (“new”) + ondo (“wave”), a calque of English new wave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnova ˈondo/
- Hyphenation: no‧va on‧do
- Rhymes: -ondo
Noun
nova ondo (uncountable, accusative novan ondon)
- new wave (umbrella term for various styles of popular music that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s)
- En la 1980-aj jaroj, li estis fervorulo de nova ondo, sed mi preferis aŭskulti punkon. ― In the 1980s, he was a fan of new wave, but I preferred listening to punk.