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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Italian
Origin: Taranto; because the dance was thought to be a cure for being bitten by a tarantula ( TARANTULA)

tarantella

 noun
     
Related topics: Dance
tar‧an‧tel‧la [countable]
APD a fast Italian dance, or the music for this dance
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