Siciliana
noun, plural sicilianos.
1.
a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
2.
the music for this dance.
noun (pl) -ianos
1.
an old dance in six-beat or twelve-beat time
2.
music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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