pavane
noun /pəˈvæn/, /pəˈvɑːn/
/pəˈvæn/, /pəˈvɑːn/
(also pavan
/ˈpævən/
/ˈpævən/
)- a slow dance popular in the 16th and 17th centuries; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French pavane, from Italian pavana, feminine adjective from Pavo, dialect name of Padua, a city in NE Italy.