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can·zo·ne

   [kan-zoh-nee; It. kahn-tsaw-ne] .
noun, plural -nes, -ni  [-nee]
1.
a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
2.
a poem in which each word that appears at the end of a line of the first stanza appears again at the end of one of the lines in each of the following stanzas.
Also, canzona.

Origin:
1580–90; < Italian < Latin cantiōnem, accusative singular of cantiō song; see canto, -ion

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can·zo·na

   [kan-zoh-nuh; It. kahn-tsaw-nah]
noun, plural -ne  [-ney; It. -ne] .
canzone.
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canzone (kænˈzəʊnɪ)
 
—n , pl -ni
1.  a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty
2.  a.  a song, usually of a lyrical nature
 b.  (in 16th-century choral music) a polyphonic song from which the madrigal developed
 
[C16: from Italian: song, from Latin cantiō, from canere to sing]

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canzone
1590, from It., from L. cantionem "singing, song," from canere "to sing" (see chant). In It. or Prov., a song resembling the madrigal, but less strict in style.
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