A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
User Defined Definitions
"one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries"
"music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance"
"a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba"