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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A traditional round dance of Romania and Israel.

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  • noun A circle dance popular in the Balkans and Israel.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Modern Hebrew hōrâ, from Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, perhaps from Modern Greek khoro, accusative of khoros, round dance, from Greek; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Hebrew הוֹרָה (hóra) and Romanian horă, from Turkish hora, probably from Modern Greek χορό (khoro), accusative of χορός (khoros, "dance").

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