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"etymology_text": "Based on the Biblical description (Mark 6:22) of a salacious dance performed (by Salome, according to tradition) in the court of King Herod. The precise term \"dance of the seven veils\" was reportedly first used in the stage directions of Oscar Wilde's play Salome (1891).",
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"ref": "2009 January 11, Simon Sebag Montefiore, “In Russia, Power Has No Heirs”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-09-27",
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