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Answer for the clue "Egyptian dancing girl ", 5 letters:
almah

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Almah is the first album of Almah , a solo project of Brazilian heavy metal singer and Angra frontman Edu Falaschi . The lyrics are about the different feelings of the human being and the title phonetically means "soul" in the Portuguese language. It was ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; a dancing-girl, a prostitute. (from 18th c.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alma \Al"ma\, Almah \Al"mah\, n. Same as Alme .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Egyptian dancing-girl, belly-dancer, 1814, perhaps from Arabic almah (fem. adjective), "learned, knowing," from alama "to know." Or perhaps from a Semitic root meaning "girl" (cognates: Hebrew alma "a young girl, a damsel").