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passamezzo

passamezzo noun: an Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.

Noun

passamezzo (plural passamezzos or passamezzi)

  1. An Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.

Forms of passamezzo

pluralpassamezzos
pluralpassamezzi

Origin of passamezzo

From Italian passamezzo. Doublet of passymeasure.

Words formed from passamezzo

Questions about passamezzo

What does passamezzo mean?
Passamezzo means an Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
What part of speech is passamezzo?
Passamezzo is a noun.
What is the plural of passamezzo?
The plural of passamezzo is passamezzos.

Words near passamezzo in the dictionary

  1. Passamaquoddy
  2. Passamaquoddy Bay
  3. passament
  4. passaments
  5. passamezzi
  6. passamezzo
  7. passamezzos
  8. passandrid
  9. passandrids
  10. passangrahan
  11. passangrahans

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