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Definition of pavane noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pavane

noun
 
/pəˈvæn/,
 
/pəˈvɑːn/
 
/pəˈvæn/,
 
/pəˈvɑːn/
(also pavan
 
/ˈpævən/
 
/ˈpævən/
)
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  1. a slow dance popular in the 16th and 17th centuries; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French pavane, from Italian pavana, feminine adjective from Pavo, dialect name of Padua, a city in NE Italy.
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