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country-dance

country-dance noun: used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.

Noun

country-dance (plural country-dances)

  1. Used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.

country-dance meaning in Tamil

country-dance in Tamil

நாட்டுப்புற நடனம்

Forms of country-dance

pluralcountry-dances

Origin of country-dance

From French contre-dance, from French contre (“against”) + danse (“dance”). Erroneously thought to be from country + dance.

Questions about country-dance

What does country-dance mean?
Country-dance means used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.
What is country-dance in Tamil?
Country-dance in Tamil is நாட்டுப்புற நடனம். See Country-dance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is country-dance?
Country-dance is a noun.
What is the plural of country-dance?
The plural of country-dance is country-dances.

Words near country-dance in the dictionary

  1. country wines
  2. country wives
  3. country-and-western
  4. country-blues
  5. country-damaged
  6. country-dance
  7. country-dances
  8. country-fried
  9. country-fried steak
  10. country-fried steaks
  11. country-house

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Adapted from Wiktionary: country-dance (page history and authors); country-dance (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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