Phrase guide

oriental dance

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of belly dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: belly dance

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Calque of Arabic رَقْص شَرْقِيّ (raqṣ šarqiyy), equivalent to oriental + dance.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَقْص شَرْقِيّ (raqṣ šarqiyy) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Catalan: dansa del ventre — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東方舞 /东方舞 (dōngfāngwǔ) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Czech: orientální tanec — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Danish: orientalsk dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Dutch: oriëntaalse dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Esperanto: orienta danco — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Finnish: itämainen tanssi — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • French: danse orientale — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • German: Orientalischer Tanz — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Greek: χορός οριεντάλ (chorós orientál) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Hebrew: מחול מזרחי (makhól mizrakhí) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Hungarian: keleti tánc — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Italian: danza dell'est — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Japanese: オリエンタルダンス (orientarudansu) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Korean: 오리엔탈댄스 (orientaldaenseu) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Norwegian: orientalsk dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Norwegian Bokmål: orientalsk dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Polish: taniec orientalny — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Polish: taniec arabski — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Portuguese: dança oriental — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Romanian: dans oriental — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Russian: восто́чный та́нец (vostóčnyj tánec) — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: оријентални плес — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: orijentalni ples — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Slovak: orientálny tanec — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Slovene: orientalski ples — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Spanish: danza oriental — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Swedish: orientalisk dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Turkish: oryantal dans — form of dance — see also belly dance
  • Ukrainian: Східний танець (Sxidnyj tanecʹ) — form of dance — see also belly dance