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noun
A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tarantelle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social dancing
noun
music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance music
History
Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
Across languages
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