FA-LA


Meaning of FA-LA in English

/fah lah"/ , n.

1. a text or refrain in old songs.

2. a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Also, fal la .

[ 1585-95; special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains ]

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