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Noun: contra danse
  1. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
    - country dance, country dancing, contredanse, contradance
Verb: contra danse
  1. Perform a contradance
    - contradance, country-dance, contredanse
Noun: Contra
  1. A member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua
Prefix: contra-  kón-tru
  1. Against, contrasting

Derived forms: Contras

Type of: dance, folk dance, folk dancing, Nicaraguan, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Encyclopedia: Contra, Virginia