danza

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noun

A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.

OriginSpanish danza →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

noundanza (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.

    Sunday at 2 p.m., a performance of classical Puerto Rican danza music by the Association for Puerto Rican Culture, featuring the pianist Alberto Bird and the singer Thelma Ithier-Sterling.

    2009 June 26, Anne Mancuso, “Spare Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Origin

  1. Spanishdanza
  2. Englishdanza

Borrowed from Spanish danza. Doublet of dance.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

danza. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danza

MLA

“danza.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danza. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “danza,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/danza.

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