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Definition of prima ballerina noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prima ballerina

noun

/ˌpriːmə ˌbæləˈriːnə/

/ˌpriːmə ˌbæləˈriːnə/

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the main woman dancer in a ballet company
Word Originlate 19th cent.: Italian, literally ‘first ballerina’.

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