polka
noun/ˈpɒlkə/
/ˈpəʊlkə/
- a fast dance for two people together that was popular in the 19th century; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 19th cent.: via French and German from Czech půlka ‘half-step’, from půl ‘half’.
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