Mazurka Definition

mə-zûrkə, -zo͝or-
mazurkas
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.
American Heritage
A lively Polish folk dance.
Webster's New World
Music for this, generally in 3/4 or 3/8 time.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mazurka

Noun

Singular:
mazurka
Plural:
mazurkas

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

  • From Russian мазурку (mazurku), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian"), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.

    From Wiktionary

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