sardana
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan sardana.
Noun
sardana (plural sardanas)
- 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)
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Further reading
- “sardana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sardana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sardana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sardana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan sardana.
Noun
sardana f (plural sardanas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sardana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28