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prima ballerina

  [pree-muh]
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–noun
the principal ballerina in a ballet company.
Origin:
1895–1900; < It: lit., first ballerina
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pri·ma ballerina   (prē'mə)   
n.  The leading woman dancer in a ballet company.

[Italian : prima, feminine of primo, first + ballerina, ballerina.]
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prima ballerina

The leading ballerina in a dance company.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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