FLAMENCO

flamenco, gypsy dancing

(noun) a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet

flamenco

(noun) guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flamenco (countable and uncountable, plural flamencos)

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

(countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.

Verb

flamenco (third-person singular simple present flamencos, present participle flamencoing, simple past and past participle flamencoed)

(intransitive) To dance flamenco.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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