noun
tarantella
Tarantella (noun) means a fast Italian dance with a swinging six-beat rhythm, or music written for it.
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A fast Italian dance with a swinging six-beat rhythm, or music written for it.
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Etymology
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).
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tarantelle
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What is the meaning of tarantella?
"tarantella" (noun) means a fast Italian dance with a swinging six-beat rhythm, or music written for it.
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Other words for "tarantella" include tarantelle.
