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Danzon

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danzónnoun(music) A Latin-American musical genre originating from Cuba, evolved from contradanza.
danzonetenounA Latin-American musical genre originating from the Cuban danzón but incorporating vocal parts.
contradanzanoun(music) A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre.
son cubanonounA genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern Cuba in the late 19th century, and blends Spanish and African elements.
dancebandnounAlternative form of dance band. [A genre of music, combining jazz and dance music, popular in the 1920s and 1930s]
zarabandanounAlternative form of sarabande. [(dance) A 16th-century Spanish dance.]
fandangonoun(music, dance) A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).
reggaetónnounAlternative spelling of reggaeton. [A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.]
dancenounA sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
habaneranounA style of music from Cuba.
songonounA kind of contemporary Cuban music originating in Havana.
mambonounA Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.
boleronoun(dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
tangonoun(dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
zanzenounAlternative form of zanza (musical instrument) [(music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa.]
contredansenounA folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
afro-cuban jazznoun(jazz) A genre of jazz strongly influenced by Cuban dance music like mambo and the Cuban clave rhythm.
bandonionnounAlternative spelling of bandoneon. [A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.]
merenguenoun(music, uncountable) A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic.
milonganoun(music) A form of music originating in Argentina, Uruguay, and Southern Brazil.

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