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Look up: Tango

  1. tango
    [n] - music written in duple time for dancing the tango 2. [n] - a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin 3. [v] - dance a tango
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Tango
    1. A word possibly of Bantu origin, like the term 'tumba', frequently used by the Spanish with the activities of black peoples. 2. Music and dance genre most popularised by Argentines. 3. Used interchangably with the word 'habanera' to describe the rhythm which emanated from Havana.
    Found on http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/4bohemia

  3. Tango
    Slang for a terrorist. So named after the military's designation for the letter 'T' (Tango) in the phonetic alphabet.
    Found on http://www.tea-and-medals.co.uk/glossary

  4. Tango
    Tan'go noun ; plural Tangos . [ Spanish , a certain dance.] (a) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. Th...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/9

  5. tango
    noun a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. tango
    noun music written in duple time for dancing the tango
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Tango
    • (n.) Any of various popular forms derived from this. • (n.) A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to ha...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. tango
    ballroom dance, musical style, and song. The tango evolved about 1880 in dance halls and perhaps brothels in the lower-class districts of Buenos ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/10

  9. Tango
    The tango is a dance that developed from an old Moorish gypsy dance from central Africa which was taken to Central America by African slaves and from there it became popular in Argentina where it was influenced by European rhythms and developed into a fashionable ballroom dance in around 1910.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Tango
    Tango is a cultivated variety of potato.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Tango
    Tango is a black comedy starring Philippe Noiret, Richard Bohringer and Thierry Lhermitte in a story about a man who, separated from his wife and anxious to get her out of his mind decides to kill her. Tango was directed by Patrice Leconte in 1993.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. tango
    Dance for couples, the music for which was developed in Argentina during the early 20th century. The dance consists of two long steps followed by two short steps then one long step, using stylized body positions. The music is in moderately slow duple time (2/4) and employs syncopated rhythms. Similar to the habanera, from which it evolved, the ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Tango
    `Tango` in its most general sense within music and dance can refer to: `Tango`, or `TANGO` may also refer to: Works of music : Film : Organisations and companies : People : Performing arts : Places : Publishing : Software : Transport : Other uses : See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  14. Tango
    (dance) `Tango dance` and tango music originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata, and spread to the rest of the world soon after.<ref name=UNESCO>--> Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine tang...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  15. Tango
    (drink) `Tango` is a carbonated soft drink sold primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland and from 2010 in Sweden, Norway and Hungary as well, first launched by Corona in 1950. Corona were bought by the Beecham Group in 1958, and Beecham Soft Drinks were bought by Britvic in 1987.<ref na...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  16. Tango
    (boat) The `Tango` is also known as the Armored Troop Carrier (ATC). It was used by the Mobile Riverine Force in the United States army in the Vietnam War. Tangos were mounted with 30 and 50-caliber machine guns, Mk 19 rapid fire grenade launchers, and 20-millimeter cannons. They were used to...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  17. Tango
    (tax software) `Tango` is a tax software product from H&R Block. Tango launched in February 2007. The price for tax preparation and federal and state e-filing is $70. Tango is a flash-based application and allows users to store their private data either on H&R Block`s servers or on th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  18. Tango
    (Balanchine) `Tango` is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Stravinsky`s Tango for Piano Forte (1940) arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place June 10, 1982, as part of City Ballets`s Stravinsky Centennia...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  19. Tango
    (Martins) `Tango` is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Stravinsky`s Tango for Piano Forte (1940) arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place September 14, 1983 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was in February, 1984. Original cast : Reviews: External links :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  20. Tango
    (Patty Larkin album) `Tango` is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Patty Larkin, and her first on High Street Records. Produced by Larkin and Will Ackerman in 1991 and distributed by High Street, it contained the following songs: Track listing: # "Tango" # "Used To Be...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango

  21. TANGO
    The `TAco Next Generation Objects` (`TANGO`) control system is a free open source object-oriented control system for controlling accelerators, experiments and any kind of hardware or software being actively developed by a consortium of (mainly) synchrotron radiation institutes. TANGO is a distribute...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANGO

  22. Tango
    (comics) `Tango` is a Melbourne, Australia by Cardigan Comics. As of December 2009, there have been nine issues of Tango, published intermittently since 1997, and an additional compilation The Tango Collection, published in 2009 by Allen & Unwin. Overview: Tango
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango



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