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First published 1986; not fully revised

zamacuecanoun

  1. 1855–
    A South American, esp. Chilean, dance in which a couple move around one another, accompanied by chords on the guitar and rhythmical handclapping. Shortened as cueca n.
    1. 1855
      The fashionable dances soon gave way to the more national Zamacúca. The Zamacúca has been very much reviled by foreigners, who have seen it only in sea-port towns.
      E. R. Smith, Araucanians vi. 65
    2. 1895
      The ‘Zamacueca’ is an inimitable dance, in which the handkerchief plays a prominent part.
      L. Grove in L. Grove et al., Dancing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xii. 375
    3. 1917
      Cueca or Zamacueca (from Chile).
      E. Hague, Spanish-Amer. Folk-songs 103 (title)
    4. 1974
      The Creole people of the coast and plains [of South America] have been replacing the indigenous music of the mountains with their own music, especially with the ubiquitous cueca, or zamacueca.
      Encyclopædia Britannica Macropædia vol. I. 669/1

zamacueca, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zamacueca, n. was last modified in December 2024.