Italian Meaning of tarantella

tarantella

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Definitions and Meaning of tarantella in English

Wordnet

tarantella (n)

music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella

a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

Webster

tarantella (n.)

A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia.

Music suited to such a dance.

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tarantella

music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella, a lively whirling Italian dance for two personsA rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-

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tarantass => Tarantas, taranis => Taranis, tar-and-feather => catrame e piume, taraktogenos kurzii => Taraktogenos kurzii, taraktogenos => taraktogen,