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pa⋅vane

  [puh-vahn, -van; Fr. pa-van]
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–noun, plural pa⋅vanes  [puh-vahnz, -vanz; Fr. pa-van] .
1. a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
2. the music for this dance.
Also, pav⋅an  [pav-uhn, puh-vahn, -van] , pavin.

Origin:
1525–35; < MF < It pavana, contr. of padovana (fem.) of Padua (It Padova)
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pa·vane also pa·van   (pə-vän', -vān')   
n.  

  1. A slow, stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, usually in duple meter.

  2. A piece of music for this dance.


[French pavane, from Italian pavana, from feminine of pavano, of Padua, from dialectal pavàn, from Pava, dialectal variant of Padova, Padua.]
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