mazurka
noun/məˈzɜːkə/
/məˈzɜːrkə/
- a fast Polish dance for four or eight couples, or a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: via German from Polish mazurka, accusative or genitive singular of mazurek ‘folk dance from Mazovia’, from mazur, denoting an inhabitant of the Polish province Mazovia.
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