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siciliano

si·cil·i·a·no [ si sìllee nō ] (plural si·cil·i·a·nos) or si·cil·i·a·na [ si sìllee nə ] (plural si·cil·i·a·nas)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Sicilian dance: an old Sicilian folk dance

2. music for dancing: the music for a siciliano, in a minor key with six or twelve beats to the bar

[Early 18th century. < Italian, "Sicilian"]
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