Definition of "jota" []

• A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations. (noun)
• The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time. (noun)

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• "" The jota is a frantic dance and the best way for expressing chaos, " Mr. Llorca said."
• "Like the population, the local cuisine is a jumble: You might start with a fish tartare, fresh and light as though you were in Sicily, not five miles from the Slovenian border; then try a hearty pork and sauerkraut soup called jota, which can hardly disguise its Central European origins."
• "One aria is set in the form of a jota , a high-kicking folk dance from Aragon."