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ga•votte n.

Music and Dancean old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
Music and Dancea piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband.

Also, ga•vot′.

pre-Latin *gaba throat, crop, goiter), alluding to the prevalence of goiter among the mountaineers
Provencal gavoto a mountaineer of Provence, a dance of such mountaineers, apparently derivative of gava bird's crop (probably
French
1690–1700

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gavotte, gavot /ɡəˈvɒt/ n

an old formal dance in quadruple time
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot mountaineer, dweller in the Alps (where the dance originated), from gava goitre (widespread in the Alps), from Old Latin gaba (unattested) throat

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