bergamasca

[ Italian ber-gah-mahs-kah ]

noun

, plural ber·ga·mas·che [be, r, -gah-, mahs, -ke].

1. a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
2. the music for this dance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bergamasca¹

1580–90; < Italian, noun use of feminine of Bergamasco of Bergama