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ciranda

ciranda noun: a traditional Brazilian children's dance.

Noun

ciranda (plural cirandas)

  1. A traditional Brazilian children's dance.

Forms of ciranda

pluralcirandas

Origin of ciranda

Borrowed from Portuguese ciranda, which is from Spanish zaranda (“sieve”), from Andalusian Arabic سرند (sarand), from Persian سرند (sarand, “sieve”).

Questions about ciranda

What does ciranda mean?
Ciranda means a traditional Brazilian children's dance.
What part of speech is ciranda?
Ciranda is a noun.
What is the plural of ciranda?
The plural of ciranda is cirandas.

Words near ciranda in the dictionary

  1. CIQ
  2. CIR
  3. cir.
  4. CIRA
  5. ciramadol
  6. ciranda
  7. cirandas
  8. Ciras
  9. Ciraulo
  10. Ciraulos
  11. cirazoline

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