"Eurodance" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Euro- + dance. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|Euro|dance}} Euro- + dance Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Eurodance (uncountable)
  1. A type of European synthesizer-driven dance music which became popular worldwide in the early- to mid-1990s and continuing up until today. Wikipedia link: Eurodance Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres Translations (A type of European synthesizer-driven dance music): ユーロダンス (yūrodansu) (Japanese), यूरोडान्स (yūroḍānsa) [neuter] (Marathi), eurodance [masculine] (Polish), Евродэнс (Jevrodɛns) (Russian), eurodance [common-gender] (Swedish), eurodisco [common-gender] (Swedish)
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