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tan⋅go

[tang-goh] noun, plural -gos, verb, -goed, -go⋅ing.
–noun
1. a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
2. music for this dance.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter T.
–verb (used without object)
4. to dance the tango.

Origin:
1910–15; < AmerSp < ?
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tango

A sensual ballroom dance that originated in South America in the early twentieth century.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

tango 
syncopated ballroom dance, 1913, from Argentine Sp. tango, originally the name of an African-American drum dance, probably from a Niger-Congo language (cf. Ibibio tamgu "to dance"). Phrase it takes two to tango was a song title from 1952.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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