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belly-dance

belly-dance is the alternative form of belly dance.

Meaning of belly dance

Noun

belly dance (countable and uncountable, plural belly dances)

  1. A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso.
    Synonyms:
    oriental dance

See all 2 meanings of belly dance

Forms of belly-dance

Noun
pluralbelly-dances
Verb
third-person singular presentbelly-dances
present participlebelly-dancing
past participlebelly-danced
pastbelly-danced

Questions about belly-dance

What is belly-dance the alternative form of?
Belly-dance is the alternative form of belly dance.

Words near belly-dance in the dictionary

  1. belly-band
  2. belly-bands
  3. belly-busting
  4. belly-button
  5. belly-buttons
  6. belly-dance
  7. belly-danced
  8. belly-dances
  9. belly-dancing
  10. belly-dumper
  11. belly-dumpers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: belly-dance (page history and authors); belly dance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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