PAVANE


Meaning of PAVANE in English

/ 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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.