Editing Pavane (section)

== Origin of term ==
The word ''pavane'' is most probably derived from Italian [''danza''] ''padovana'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Pavane |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=http://www.britannica.com/art/pavane |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=Vocabolario Treccani |url=http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/pavana/ |title=Pavana |language=it |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> meaning "[dance] typical of [[Padua]]" (similar to [[Bergamask]], "dance from [[Bergamo]]"); ''pavan'' is an old Northern Italian form for the modern Italian adjective ''padovano'' (= from Padua).{{efn|this is reflected also, for example, in the family name ''Pavan'', rather diffuse in northern Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cognome: PAVAN, Presente in 976 comuni |website=gens.labo.net |language=it |url=http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html?cognome=PAVAN&t=cognomi&s==FF |access-date=30 November 2010}}</ref>}} This origin is consistent with the equivalent form, ''Paduana''.

An alternative explanation is that it derives from the Spanish ''pavón'' meaning ''peacock''.{{sfn|Sachs|1937|p=356}}

Although the dance is often associated with Spain,{{sfn|Horst|1937|p=7}} it was "almost certainly of Italian origin".{{sfn|Brown|2001}}