kolo

Definition

A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).

Example Sentences

• "1942: As we came to this promenade … we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)"