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siciliano
[ si-sil-ee-ah-noh ]
noun
- a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
- the music for this dance.
siciliano
/ ˌsɪtʃɪˈljɑːnəʊ; sɪˌsɪlɪˈɑːnəʊ /
noun
- an old dance in six-beat or twelve-beat time
- music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of siciliano1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of siciliano1
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Example Sentences
The picture over this altar is the work of Jacomo Siciliano.
It is worth twenty-five lire, but I will make a special price for you because you love Sicily and are like a Siciliano.
Dance-measures, the passacaglia, even the jig, are not excluded; and a chorale has its counterpoint in a siciliano.
Juan Siciliano settled in Mexico, where he died a natural death.
Poor Siciliano had to waste his power in occasional poems for his subsistence, and was thus unable to produce any lasting work.
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