oriental dance

noun

Synonym of belly dance.

Similar
belly dance
OriginArabic رَقْص شَرْقِيّ →
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Meanings

nounoriental dance (countable and uncountable, plural oriental dances)

plural oriental dances

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of belly dance.

    Synonyms: belly dance

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of belly dance.

Similar
belly dance
Also see
belly dance

Origin

  1. Arabicرَقْص شَرْقِيّ
  2. Englishoriental dance

Calque of Arabic رَقْص شَرْقِيّ (raqṣ šarqiyy), equivalent to oriental + dance.

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Translations

Arabic رَقْص شَرْقِيّ
  • رَقْص شَرْقِيّ (raqṣ šarqiyy)form of dance — see also belly dance
Catalan dansa del ventre
  • dansa del ventreform of dance — see also belly dance
Chinese Mandarin 東方舞 /东方舞
  • 東方舞 /东方舞 (dōngfāngwǔ)form of dance — see also belly dance
Czech orientální tanec
  • orientální tanecform of dance — see also belly dance
Danish orientalsk dans
  • orientalsk dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Dutch oriëntaalse dans
  • oriëntaalse dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Esperanto orienta danco
  • orienta dancoform of dance — see also belly dance
Finnish itämainen tanssi
  • itämainen tanssiform of dance — see also belly dance
French danse orientale
  • danse orientaleform of dance — see also belly dance
German Orientalischer Tanz
  • Orientalischer Tanzform of dance — see also belly dance
Greek χορός οριεντάλ
  • χορός οριεντάλ (chorós orientál)form of dance — see also belly dance
Hebrew מחול מזרחי
  • מחול מזרחי (makhól mizrakhí)form of dance — see also belly dance
Hungarian keleti tánc
  • keleti táncform of dance — see also belly dance
Italian danza dell'est
  • danza dell'estform of dance — see also belly dance
Japanese オリエンタルダンス
  • オリエンタルダンス (orientarudansu)form of dance — see also belly dance
Korean 오리엔탈댄스
  • 오리엔탈댄스 (orientaldaenseu)form of dance — see also belly dance
Norwegian orientalsk dans
  • orientalsk dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Norwegian Bokmål orientalsk dans
  • orientalsk dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Polish taniec orientalny, taniec arabski
  • taniec orientalnyform of dance — see also belly dance
  • taniec arabskiform of dance — see also belly dance
Portuguese dança oriental
  • dança orientalform of dance — see also belly dance
Romanian dans oriental
  • dans orientalform of dance — see also belly dance
Russian восто́чный та́нец
  • восто́чный та́нец (vostóčnyj tánec)form of dance — see also belly dance
Slovak orientálny tanec
  • orientálny tanecform of dance — see also belly dance
Spanish danza oriental
  • danza orientalform of dance — see also belly dance
Swedish orientalisk dans
  • orientalisk dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Turkish oryantal dans
  • oryantal dansform of dance — see also belly dance
Ukrainian Східний танець
  • Східний танець (Sxidnyj tanecʹ)form of dance — see also belly dance
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