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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Italian
Origin: ballare 'to dance', from Late Latin; BALL1

ballerina

 noun
     
ballerina
Related topics: Dance
bal‧le‧ri‧na [countable]
APD a woman who dances in ballets
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