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HABANERA

Dictionary entry overview: What does habanera mean?

• HABANERA (noun)
The noun HABANERA has 2 senses:

1. music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
2. a Cuban dance in duple time

Familiarity information: HABANERA used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HABANERA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("habanera" is a kind of...):

ballroom music; dance music; danceroom music (a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A Cuban dance in duple time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("habanera" is a kind of...):

social dancing (dancing as part of a social occasion)

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