extravaganza

n.

1. An elaborate, spectacular entertainment or display: "Washington is an extravaganza of great buildings, greenery, and monuments" (Larry Griffin).
2. Music. A composition marked by freedom and diversity of form, often with burlesque elements and satirical or parodic intent.

[Italian estravaganza, extravagance, from estravagante, extravagant, from Medieval Latin extrāvagāns, extrāvagant-, present participle of extrāvagārī, to wander. See extravagant.]

extravaganza, a theatrical entertainment consisting of a mild burlesque of some myth or fairy tale enlivened by puns, music, dance, and elaborate spectacle. The form was made popular in the mid‐19th century by J. R. Planché, and influenced the development both of pantomime and of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The term is now applied to any lavishly staged musical revue.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - overflødighedshorn, udstyrsstykke, overdådighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
artistiek werk met grote vrijheid van stijl, spectaculaire show, iets buitensporigs

Français (French)
n. - (Littérat, Mus) fantaisie, histoire invraisemblable ou extravagante, spectacle somptueux, fantaisie, folie, caprice

Deutsch (German)
n. - phantastische Dichtung/Aufführung, (Mus.) phantastische Komposition, Ausstattungsstück

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρωδία, μπουρλέσκ(ο), φαντασμαγορία, φαντασμαγορικό θέαμα

Italiano (Italian)
stravaganza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - espetáculo (m) opulento

Русский (Russian)
экстравагантность, феерия

Español (Spanish)
n. - farsa, fantasía, extravagancia, historia extravagante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fantasi, fantasistycke, utstyrselpjäs

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
具有狂气的作品, 异乎寻常的事物, 狂妄的言行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 具有狂氣的作品, 異乎尋常的事物, 狂妄的言行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 광상적인 시, 미치광이 같은 말

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 狂詩文, 狂気じみた言動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شيء غريب, أثر أدبي أو موسيقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יצירה מבדחת, מופע מרהיב‬

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