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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGONG

legong  [ləˈɡɒŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGONG

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Legong is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

legong

Legong

Legong is a form of Balinese dance. It is a refined dance form characterized by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions. An extremely basic definition of legong is a dance traditionally performed by pre-pubescent girls in the palaces of feudal Bali. One translation is that the word is made up of two words. Lega meaning happy and Ing wong meaning person – put them together and you get: “something that makes people happy”. Another one is oleg meaning dance and gong meaning gamelan, the music that accompanies the dance.

Definition of legong in the English dictionary

The definition of legong in the dictionary is a graceful Balinese dance performed by two young girls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGONG


bogong
ˈbəʊˌɡɒŋ
bugong
ˈbuːɡɒŋ
Chittagong
ˈtʃɪtəˌɡɒŋ
dugong
ˈduːɡɒŋ
gong
ɡɒŋ
Goolagong
ˈɡuːləˌɡɒŋ
qigong
ˈtʃiːˈɡɒŋ
wobbegong
ˈwɒbɪˌɡɒŋ
Wollongong
ˈwʊləŋˌɡɒŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGONG

legless
leglessness
leglet
leglike
leglin
legman
legmen
Legnica
Lego
Lego brick
legroom
leguaan
legume
legumes
legumin
leguminous
legwarmer
legwarmers
legwear
legwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGONG

along
among
Armstrong
belong
dong
for a song
Guangdong
hong
Hong Kong
in the wrong
jong
long
mong
so long
song
strong
thong
tong
wrong
Zigong

Synonyms and antonyms of legong in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «legong» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGONG

Find out the translation of legong to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legong from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legong» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

安乐公
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legong
570 millions of speakers

English

legong
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Legong
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

legong
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Legong
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legong
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

legong
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

legong
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Legong
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

legong
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レゴン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

legong
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Legong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

legong
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पायस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Legong
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legong
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

legong
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Legong
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Legong
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Legong
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

legong
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

legong
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

legong
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legong

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGONG»

The term «legong» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.011 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGONG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legong

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGONG»

Discover the use of legong in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legong and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dance & Drama in Bali
LEGONG | egong is the one Balinese dance of which the name is known to every one who I has seen a film of Bali, and it is perhaps the fact that it is danced exclusively by JL—> children which has given rise to the fairly common idea that all ...
Walter Spies, Beryl De Zoete, 2001
2
Southeast Asian Lives: Personal Narratives and Historical ...
To this day, the Legong Peliatan is famous. When we took the Legong to the palace in Gianyar, we walked. We arrived at four in the afteroon. When we finished dancing at seven we went home, also on foot. When we had become famous, the ...
Roxana Waterson, 2007
3
Bali and Lombok
Legong Undoubtedly the most refined of all the temple dances, the quintessentially Balinese legong is rather an acquired taste, which can seem tiresome to the _ uninitiated because of its restrained movement and lack of dramatic narrative.
Lesley Reader, Lucy Ridout, 2002
4
Ida Bagus Made: The Art of Devotion
Barong and Rangda and Calonarang are affiliated with exorcist rites and emerge out of village traditions; Legong, however, with its own aesthetics of refinement, can be seen to have evolved out of the courts, its choreography developed from ...
‎2008
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Beauty Unlimited
Gusti Ayu Wartini, “Legong keraton Peliatan: Suata tinjuan terhadap style dan fungsinya” [Legong Keraton in Peliatan: Certain Observations about Its Style and Function], typescript (Denpasar: Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia, 1978). 10.
Peggy Zeglin Brand, 2012
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Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth-Century Balinese Music
2.14, 5.4 and 6.3 F,H).17 Pelegongan dance and theater repertoire centers on the legong keraton female dances, of which there are many versions, and various tales of witchcraft. Legong keraton adapts the gambuh character of the ...
Michael Tenzer, 2000
7
Frommer's Bali & Lombok
... Dance Sat 7:30pm 75,000 Gamelan & Dance Sun 7:30pm 75,000 Pura Dalem, Taman Kaja Kecak Ramayana & Fire Dance Mon & Fri 7:30pm 75,000 Legong Dance Tues & Sat 7:30pm 65,000 Kecak Fire & Trance Dance Wed & Sat 7:30pm  ...
Mary Justice Thomasson-Croll, 2010
8
Frommer's Bali and Lombok
Monkey Forest Wayang Kulit Oka Kartini's Wayang Kulit PadangTegal Kecak Fire & Trance Dance PondokBamboo Wayang Kulit PondokPekak Gamelan & Dance Pura Dalem, Taman Kaja Kecak Ramayana & Fire Dance Legong Dance ...
Jen Lin-Liu, Candice Lee, 2012
9
The Exotic Orchid
Annie chose Legong, a classical Balinese dance, for it's femininity and gracefulness. She would be the only dancer and it would be complicated to perform other Balinese dances, which required more dancers. Basically, Balinese dances were ...
Yusiana Basuki, 2007
10
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
This linguistic difference between epic characters and clowns is a significant part of traditional Balinese performance. Other Balinese dramatic forms, including legong, topeng, wayang wong, arja and bans melamphan, are said to derive from  ...
Martin Banham, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGONG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legong is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bali: An island unlike any other
And since this is Emirates Airline's inaugural direct flight from Dubai to Bali, we are serenaded by a troupe of Legong dancers and a musical ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
Who's who and what's what in dance this month
... is in Bali this month for a book launch in which she is featured as “someone carrying the Legong dance tradition outside of Bali,” Simoa says. «Eugene Weekly, Jul 15»
3
The final thoughts and advice of a 63 yr old woman's solo Bali …
If I do return one day, I will definitely take in more Legong Dances. I really loved them. Legong Dance. Joining the dancers onstage for a picture. «The Province, Jun 15»
4
A rural enclave introduces the 'real Bali'
And you really need to see the nightly Legong dance performance at the Ubud Palace. Graceful dancers, spectacular costumes, stories from ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jun 15»
5
Former club champion Al Mutrad wins RT 2nd triathlon of season
... Francesco Cucco , Ricci Diorelle , Audrey Legong , Soledad Turton , Gianfranco Cipolletta, Mohammed Al Ahmad, Rayan Al Hashim, Andrew ... «Arab News, Jun 15»
6
I did it! I finally visited the Monkey forest in Ubud, Bali!
That evening, I went to my second performance of the Legong dance and Gamelan. orchestra, but this time, it was an all female group. It was ... «The Province, Jun 15»
7
The magical Bali
Performances of Barong and Legong (danced by virgin girls) are frequent. Bali has much more to offer than what we saw. More experiences ... «The Hans India, May 15»
8
Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock and Emilio Estevez: Movies also …
... feature (1922's "The Toll of the Sea," starring silent icon Anna May Wong) and the last (1935's "Legong: Dance of the Virgins") made using it. «OregonLive.com, May 15»
9
Spreading moral messages in modern-day 'wayang'
Among ShadowLight's works are Kawit Legong centering on the birth of the famed Balinese Legong dance and Mayadanawa, a half god and ... «Jakarta Post, Apr 15»
10
Letting Imaginations Thrive: Yewande Omotoso Explains the Long …
... will take place on Friday, 27 March, at Olievenhoutbosch Library, Cnr Legong and Rethabile Street, Olievenhoutbosch, from 1.30 to 4.30 PM. «Books LIVE, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Legong [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/legong>. May 2024 ».
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