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Definition of Belly dance

1. Noun. A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen.

Definition of Belly dance

1. Noun. A traditional form of dance from the Middle East, characterized by movements of the abdominal muscles. ¹

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Literary usage of Belly dance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In the Land of the Lion and Sun, Or, Modern Persia: Being Experiences of by Charles James Wills (1891)
"... dine with the sonof the Governor—His decorations and nightingales—Dancing girls—Various dances—The belly dance—Heavy dinner—Turf—Wild geese—The swamp—A ..."

2. Tanglefoot, an (Almost)) True Story of Civil Wars and Cities by Richard Connelly Miller (2005)
"String musicians began coming in as planned to play tunes for the belly dance and I told them to wait backstage for instructions. ..."

3. Bohemian Paris of To-day by Édouard Cucuel, William Chambers Morrow (1899)
"The name of some favorite model would be * The danse du ventre (literally, belly-dance) is of Turkish origin, and was introduced to Paris by Turkish women ..."

4. Greece: Mainland & Peloponnese by Wolfgang Josing (2000)
"... is an oriental belly dance, danced by a man and woman without their bodies touching. A solo dance for men is the ..."

5. A Guide to Constantinople by Demetrius Coufopoulos (1895)
"... and a performance by them of a curious but disgusting series of posturings called ' the belly dance,' in expectation of the bestowal of small coin. ..."

6. Diseases of the Nervous System by Julius Lincoln Salinger (1910)
"Clonic spasm of the abdominal muscles (hysterical belly-dance') is sometimes observed. In addition to these regional clonic spasms there are clonic spasms ..."

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