bluegrass

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From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.

From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: veldbeemgras — type of grass
• Finnish: niittynurmikka — type of grass
• French: pâturin des prés — type of grass
• German: Wiesenrispengras — type of grass
• Greenlandic: ivigaq narsaviarmiu — type of grass
• Hungarian: perje — type of grass
• Māori: pātītī taranui — type of grass
• Māori: tūtaekurī — type of grass
• Navajo: tsinyaa tłʼoh — type of grass
• Polish: wiechlina łąkowa — type of grass
• Russian: мятлик (mjatlik) — type of grass
• Unami: aonèk skikw — type of grass
• Dutch: bluegrass — style of country music
• Finnish: bluegrass — style of country music
• French: bluegrass — style of country music
• Georgian: ბლუგრასი (blugrasi) — style of country music
• German: Bluegrass — style of country music
• Polish: bluegrass — style of country music
• Russian: блюграсс (bljugrass) — style of country music