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dancehall

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A public hall for dancing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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History

Etymology

From dance + hall.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاعَةُ رَقْص (qāʕatu raqṣ) — public hall for dancing
  • Armenian: պարասրահ (parasrah) — public hall for dancing
  • Azerbaijani: rəqs zalı — public hall for dancing
  • Azerbaijani: rəqs salonu — public hall for dancing
  • Bulgarian: да́нсинг (dánsing) — public hall for dancing
  • Bulgarian: та́нцова за́ла (táncova zála) — public hall for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞廳 /舞厅 (wǔtīng) — public hall for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞蹈場 /舞蹈场 (wǔdǎochǎng) — public hall for dancing
  • Czech: taneční sál — public hall for dancing
  • Dutch: danszaal — public hall for dancing
  • Finnish: tanssisali — public hall for dancing
  • French: salle de danse — public hall for dancing
  • Georgian: საცეკვაო დარბაზი (saceḳvao darbazi) — public hall for dancing
  • German: Tanzsaal — public hall for dancing
  • Irish: halla damhsa — public hall for dancing
  • Irish: halla rince — public hall for dancing
  • Italian: sala da ballo — public hall for dancing
  • Italian: balera — public hall for dancing
  • Jamaican Creole: daansaal — public hall for dancing
  • Jamaican Creole: dansaal — public hall for dancing
  • Japanese: ダンスホール (dansuhōru) — public hall for dancing
  • Japanese: 踊り場 (odoriba) — public hall for dancing
  • Japanese: 舞踏場 (butōjō) — public hall for dancing
  • Korean: 댄스홀 (daenseuhol) — public hall for dancing
  • Korean: 무도장 (mudojang) — public hall for dancing
  • Māori: whare kanikani — public hall for dancing
  • Iranian Persian: دانْسینْگ (dânsing) — public hall for dancing
  • Iranian Persian: سالُنِ رَقْص (sâlon-e raġs) — public hall for dancing
  • Polish: dansing — public hall for dancing
  • Polish: sala taneczna — public hall for dancing
  • Portuguese: salão de dança — public hall for dancing
  • Romanian: sală de dans — public hall for dancing
  • Russian: танцева́льный зал (tanceválʹnyj zal) — public hall for dancing
  • Russian: да́нсинг (dánsing) — public hall for dancing
  • Tagalog: bahay-sayawan — public hall for dancing
  • Turkish: dans salonu — public hall for dancing
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