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seguidilla

se·gui·dil·la [ sèggə dyə, sàygə dyə, sèggə dlyə, sàygə dlyə ] (plural se·gui·dil·las)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. dance Spanish dance: a Spanish dance in triple time, usually accompanied by castanets and guitars

2. music Spanish music: the music for a seguidilla

3. poetry Spanish verse form: a Spanish verse form with either four or seven very short lines that makes use of assonance rather than rhyme

[Mid-18th century. < Spanish< seguida "sequence" < seguir "follow" < Latin sequi]
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