sardana

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan sardana.

Noun

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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).

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

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Noun

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sardana f (plural sardanes)

  1. sardana

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan sardana.

Noun

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sardana f (plural sardanas)

  1. sardana

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