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, →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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sardana f (plural sardanes)

  1. sardana

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sardana.

Noun

sardana f (plural sardanas)

  1. sardana

Derived terms

Further reading

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