n. A traditional round dance of Romania and Israel. [Modern Hebrew hōrâ, from Romanian horă, ultimately (perhaps via Bulgarian khoro or Turkish hora) from Modern Greek khorós, round dance (perhaps specifically from its accusative form khoró), from Greek khoros; see gher-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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