Mazurka meaning
A Polish dance resembling the polka, usually in 3/4 or 3/8 time with the second beat heavily accented, and frequently adopted as a ballet form.
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The music for this dance.
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A lively Polish folk dance.
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Music for this, generally in 3/4 or 3/8 time.
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(music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.
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Origin of mazurka
- Russian possibly from Polish (tańczyć) mazurka (to dance) the mazurka accusative of mazurek dance of the Mazovians from diminutive of Mazur person from Mazovia, a historical region of eastern Poland
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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