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Definition of mazurka noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mazurka

noun

/məˈzɜːkə/

/məˈzɜːrkə/

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a fast Polish dance for four or eight couples, or a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2
Word 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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