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Noun Concept
Categories: Contra dance, Social dance, Dance forms in classical music, European folk dances, Folk dance
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country-dance  country dancing  contredanse  contra danse  contradance
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A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line WordNet 3.0
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A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets. Wikipedia
Contra dance is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. Wikipedia
A social dance Wikipedia Disambiguation
Social dance form in which two or more couples dance together in a set. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Several folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length Wikipedia Disambiguation
Folk dance with mixed European origins, featuring long lines of couples Wikidata
dance rhythm and type of dance Wikidata
A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length. Wiktionary
A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other. Wiktionary
Used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line. Wiktionary
Any set step routine group dance such as ceilidh dance, highland dance, line dance, barn dance or square dance. Wiktionary
IS A
folk dancing
musical form
dance
social dancing
partner dance
HAS KIND
do-si-do
landler
longways
promenade
sashay
+10 relations
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
England
France
Scotland
DERIVATION
contradance
DIFFERENT FROM
habanera
INFLUENCED BY
country-dance
Scottish country dance
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance
Wikipedia
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contra dance, country dance
Wikidata
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contra dance, country dance
Wiktionary
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contra dance, contredanse, country-dance, country dance
Wikipedia Redirections
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anglais, Angloise, contra-dance, Contra dance music, contra dances, contra dancing, contradance, contradanse, Contradanse, Contre-dance, contredance, contredances, contredanse, country dancing, Engelsk, Engelska, English country dance, English country dances, English country dancing, English Dance, English dance, History of country dance, Irish set dance, Kontretanz, set (dance), set dance, Set Dancing, techno contra
Wikidata Alias
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contra, contra-dance, contra dance, contra dances, contra dancing, contradance, contredanse, longways dance

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