The word "flamenco" comes from the Arabic term for "fleeing peasants." The art form is the product of a centuries-old fusion involving the music and dance of the Arabs and Jews as well as people from Spain, India (now living as gypsies in Spain), and South America.
「佛拉明哥」一詞源自阿拉伯文的「逃亡的農民」一詞，幾世紀以來，經由阿拉伯人、猶太人、西班牙人、印度人（今居住西班牙的吉普賽人），以及南美民族，多個種族的音樂與舞蹈文化，結合再結合才孕育而成。