Kalamatianos

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Etymology

From Greek καλαματιανός (kalamatianós).

Noun

Kalamatianos

  1. A Greek folk dance from the Peloponnese.
    • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 82:
      Her relative stood dumbfounded, cried out incredulously, wheeled about with his clenched fists raised in the air, performed three steps of a kalamatianos for sheer joy, and then rocked her in his arms exclaiming ‘Efkharisto, efkharisto,’ over and over again.

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