Kolo

//ˈkəʊləʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.

    "1942: As we came to this promenade … we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)"

  2. 2
    A mixed grain dish from East Africa

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"1942: As we came to this promenade … we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)"

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).

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south slavic

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