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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