sardana

English

Alternative forms

• Sardana

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sardana.

Noun

sardana (plural sardanas)

1. A type of circle dance originating in Catalonia.
   • 1929 August 11, Olin Downes, “As to the Sardanas”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Sardanas are danced in a circle. They are danced to the music of a curious orchestra of eleven instruments.

   • 2012, Reneé Critcher Lyons, The Revival of Banned Dances, McFarland, →ISBN, page 103:

     Described by Franco as “an accursed differentiating agent” one edict “cited the tendency of the sardana to foment false feelings of pride and superiority among the Catalans, justifying the dance's prohibition” (Brandes 34).

See also

• fluviol

Further reading

• sardana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• darsana

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from cerdana f (adjective), from Cerdanya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [sərˈda.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saɾˈða.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [sarˈda.na]

Noun

sardana f (plural sardanes)

1. sardana

Derived terms

• sardanejar
• sardanista
• sardanístic

Further reading

• “sardana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sardana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sardana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sardana”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sardana.

Noun

sardana f (plural sardanas)

1. sardana

Derived terms

• sardanista

Further reading

• “sardana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025