"dancehall" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dancehalls [plural]
Etymology: dance + hall Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dance|hall}} dance + hall Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dancehall (countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls)
  1. (countable) A public hall for dancing. Tags: countable Translations (public hall for dancing): պարասրահ (parasrah) (Armenian), rəqs zalı (Azerbaijani), 舞廳 (Chinese Mandarin), 舞厅 (wǔtīng) (Chinese Mandarin), taneční sál [masculine] (Czech), danszaal [masculine] (Dutch), tanssisali (Finnish), salle de danse [feminine] (French), საცეკვაო დარბაზი (saceḳvao darbazi) (Georgian), Tanzsaal [masculine] (German), halla damhsa [masculine] (Irish), halla rince [masculine] (Irish), sala da ballo [feminine] (Italian), balera [feminine] (Italian), daansaal (Jamaican Creole), dansaal (Jamaican Creole), ダンスホール (dansuhōru) (Japanese), 댄스홀 (daenseuhol) (Korean), whare kanikani (Maori), دانسینگ (dânsing) (Persian), dansing [masculine] (Polish), salão de dança [masculine] (Portuguese), sală de dans [feminine] (Romanian), танцева́льный зал (tanceválʹnyj zal) [masculine] (Russian), bahay-sayawan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dancehall-en-noun-tt6q~Uvr Disambiguation of 'public hall for dancing': 95 5
  2. (uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres, Dance
    Sense id: en-dancehall-en-noun-5xWvRVEm Disambiguation of Dance: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dance hall, dance-hall

Inflected forms

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