/ pəˈvæn; NAmE ; -ˈvɑːn/ (also pavan / ˈpævən/) noun
a slow dance popular in the 16th and 17th centuries; a piece of music for this dance
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French pavane , from Italian pavana , feminine adjective from Pavo , dialect name of Padua, a city in NE Italy.