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Cotillion vs Quinceanera - What's the difference?

cotillion | quinceanera |

As nouns the difference between cotillion and quinceanera

is that cotillion is a bold dance performed in groups of eight where ladies lift their skirts to display their ankles while quinceañera is {{cx|Latin America|lang=en}} The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young woman.

cotillion

English

(wikipedia cotillion)

Alternative forms

* cotillon

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bold dance performed in groups of eight where ladies lift their skirts to display their ankles
  • * 1797' Mrs. Hughes now joined them, and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon," said Catherine. "Shall you be at the '''cotillion ball tomorrow?" ''Jane Austin Northanger Abbey (written 1797 first published 1818) Chapter 10.
  • * [http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3cotte.htm]
  • The music regulating the cotillion.
  • * 1848' I kept a parlor open for the reception of visitors, many came here to practise with me, and many more to listen to us—several young men put themselves under my tuition, and although I had never been taught myself, they progressed finely in their studies and I soon brought out, not only the best field music, but also for dinners, balls, '''cotilion and tea parties, weddings, &c. ''THRILLING SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE DISTINGUISHED CHIEF OKAH TUBBEE ALIAS, WM. CHUBBEE, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of theChoctaw Nation of Indians. BY REV. L. L. ALLEN, AUTHOR OF “PENCILLINGS UPON THE RIO GRANDE,” &c. NEW YORK, 1848. ENTERED according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by Okah Tubbee, alias William Chubbee, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. AN ESSAY UPON THE INDIAN CHARACTER. [http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/tubbee1848/tubbee1848.xml]
  • A coming-of-age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship
  • A kind of woollen material for women's skirts.

    • Anagrams

    * octillion

    quinceanera

    English

    (wikipedia quinceañera)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young woman.
  • * 1987 , (Texas Monthly) :
    • Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.
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