Canzone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.
  2. 2
    A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition).

Etymology

From Italian canzone (“song”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of cantion and chanson.

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