Definitions for flamenco

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flamenco fla·men·co

Spelling: [flah-meng-koh, fluh-]

IPA: /flɑˈmɛŋ koʊ, flə-/

Flamenco is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in flamenco (aceflmno).

Definitions for flamenco

noun

1. a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
2. a style of instrumental or vocal music originating in southern Spain and typically of an intensely rhythmic, improvisatory character, performed by itself or as an accompaniment to flamenco dancing.

adjective

1. Also, flamencan. of or like the music and dances of the Andalusian Gypsies:

Origin of flamenco

1895-1900; Spanish: pertaining to the Andalusian Gypsies, literally, Fleming; the sense shift is variously explained

Examples for flamenco

Nobody knows where the flamenco came from, but some say it is as old as the Phoenicians, and some say—even older.

Presently one of the flamenco women quits her chair, and begins to strike extraordinary postures.

Perico, Naos, and flamenco, three little islands lying in front of Panama.

If you go to Granada, you can visit a gypsy cave and the gypsies will dance for you to a kind of music which is called "flamenco."

So they, like flamenco, are part of a tradition invulnerable to trembling before life at its most decidedly bittersweet.

In Spain, music is divided to-day into the major divisions, Classical and flamenco.