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bergamasca

[ Italian ber-gah-mahs-kah ]

noun

, plural ber·ga·mas·che [be, r, -gah-, mahs, -ke].
  1. a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
  2. the music for this dance.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bergamasca1

1580–90; < Italian, noun use of feminine of Bergamasco of Bergama

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