or ma·zour′ka
- a lively Polish folk dance
- music for this, generally in 3/4 or 3/8 time
Origin of mazurka
Polish mazurka, woman from Mazovia (or Masovia), region of central Polandmazurka
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mazurka
noun
- 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.
- The music for this dance.
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 PolandTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural mazurkas)
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