dancehall

Etymology

dance + hall

noun

  1. (countable) A public hall for dancing.
    Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125
  2. (uncountable, music) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.

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