dancehall

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See also: dance-hall and dance hall

English

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Etymology

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From dance +‎ hall.

Noun

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dancehall (countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls)

  1. (countable) A public hall for dancing.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125:
      Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.
  2. (uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.

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  • Japanese: ダンスホール (dansuhōru)

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