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flamenco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flamenco noun A passionate style of Spanish music and dance from the Andalusia region, marked by guitar, singing, hand-clapping, and fast footwork.
  • flamingo noun A tall wading bird with long legs, a curved neck, and pink or reddish feathers.
  • Fleming noun A person from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
  • Flemish adj Relating to Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, or its culture and people.

Senses

flamenco is used for these senses in English:

  • Fleming A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
  • Flemish Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
  • Flemish Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.
  • flamingo (countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flamingo — full definition

  1. noun A tall wading bird with long legs, a curved neck, and pink or reddish feathers.
  2. noun A vivid pink-orange color, like the bird's feathers.

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