sardana
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan sardana.
Noun edit
sardana (plural sardanas)
- A type of circle dance originating in Catalonia.
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps from cerdana f (adjective), from Cerdanya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sardana f (plural sardanes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Catalan sardana.
Noun edit
sardana f (plural sardanas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sardana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014