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ˈsær əˌbændsara·band

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sarabandnoun

    music composed for dancing the saraband

  2. sarabandnoun

    a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time

Wiktionary

  1. sarabandnoun

    A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.

    She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. -Sir W. Scott.

  2. Etymology: sarabande, zarabanda, from serbend.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sarabandnoun

    A Spanish dance.

    Etymology: çarabande, Spanish; sarabande, French.

    The several modifications of this tune-playing quality in a fiddle, to play preludes, sarabands, jigs and gavots, are as much real qualities in the instrument as the thought is in the mind of the composer. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scribl.

Wikipedia

  1. Saraband

    Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his final film. It was made for Swedish television, but released theatrically in a longer cut outside Sweden. Its United States theatrical release, with English subtitles, was in July 2005. The Swedish television version is 107 minutes, while theatrical releases run just under 2 hours. The story is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), bringing back the characters of Johan and Marianne. It is a co-production of Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark, and Austria.

ChatGPT

  1. saraband

    A saraband is a type of slow, stately dance that originated in the Middle East and later became popular in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is often in triple meter and is typically used in classical suite as the third movement. It is also a piece of music meant for this dance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sarabandnoun

    a slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself

  2. Etymology: [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a song.]

Wikidata

  1. Saraband

    Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his final film. It was made for Swedish television, but released theatrically in a longer cut outside Sweden. Its United States theatrical release, with English subtitles, was in July 2005. The Swedish television version is 107 minutes, while theatrical releases run just under 2 hours. The story is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage, bringing back the characters of Johan and Marianne. It is a co-production of Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark, and Austria.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Saraband

    sar′a-band, n. a slow Spanish dance, or the music to which it is danced; a short piece of music, of deliberate character, and with a peculiar rhythm, in ¾-time, the accent being placed on the second crotchet of each measure. [Sp. zarabanda; from Pers. sarband, a fillet for the hair.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. saraband

    A forecastle dance, borrowed from the Moors of Africa.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Saraband

    After Zarabanda, a celebrated dancer of Seville, who invented it.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of saraband in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of saraband in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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