Definitions for habanera

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habanera ha·ba·ne·ra

Spelling: [hah-buh-nair-uh or, often, - Habanera is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in habanera (aaabehnr).

Definitions for habanera

noun

1. a dance of Cuban origin.
2. the music for this dance, having a slow duple meter and a rhythm similar to that of a tango.

Origin of habanera

1875-80; Spanish (danza) habanera (dance) of Havana

Examples for habanera

The habanera went very well by being transposed half a tone higher; but the card-playing scene was another matter.

An instance of the use of castanets in opera occurs in the habanera in Carmen.

Alvarado dances the habanera with the dancing-girl Chiquita.

The Tango is in 2-4, played in moderately slow tempo; its rhythm is also adapted for the habanera.

He was wakeful and that wretched habanera kept throbbing in his head.

The lady sang with great spirit, and her rendering of la Paloma and of the habanera from Carmen was simply perfect.