mazourka

Variant of mazurka

mazurka definition

ma·zurka or mazourka ma·zour′ka (mə zʉr′kə, -zo̵or′-)

noun

  1. a lively Polish folk dance
  2. music for this, generally in 3/4 or 3/8 time

Etymology: Pol mazurka, woman from Mazovia (or Masovia), region of central Poland

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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