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Hotel also known as a dance (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haka

'a dance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hotel also known as' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'also known as' becomes 'aka' ('a.k.a.' can be a synonym of 'also known as').
'h'+'aka'='HAKA'

(Other definitions for haka that I've seen before include "Maori ceremonial war dance" , "intimidatory chant" , "Maori war dance used by All Blacks" , "routine before start of match" , "Maori ceremonial war-dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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