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Definition of Flamenco
1. Noun. Guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco.
2. Noun. A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet.
Definition of Flamenco
1. Noun. A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. ¹
2. Noun. A song or dance performed in such a style. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flamenco
1. a strongly rhythmic style of dancing [n -COS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flamenco
Literary usage of Flamenco
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1812)
"flamenco, a small isle of the S. sea, near the -coast of the district of Raposo,
in the province and government of Chocó. It is close to that of La Gorgone. ..."
2. The Island of Cuba by Alexander von Humboldt, John S. Thrasher (1856)
"... Cortes—Stranding of his ship—Gathering of his fleet—Fall of Mexico—Strange
vicissitudes—Cay flamenco— ..."
3. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"... orear un flamenco y de lu mucha on tener dos pièces para el año que viene por
lo que puede subd-der di la vida al flamenco y tome las plecas y las puse ..."
4. Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by William Paton Ker (1908)
"flamenco, is nearly contemporary with the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris.
Its inspiring ideas are the same, and though its influence on succeeding ..."
5. The West India Pilot by Edward Barnett, Great Britain Hydrographic Office (1876)
"flamenco and Culebra Channels. — About 5 miles southward of Calavera cay, the
western of the two forming Hacha channel, lies flamenco cay, ..."
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