polonaise
noun/ˌpɒləˈneɪz/
/ˌpɑːləˈneɪz/
- a slow Polish dance that was popular in the 19th century; a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, feminine of polonais ‘Polish’, from medieval Latin Polonia ‘Poland’.
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