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mazurka
or ma·zour·ka
[ muh-zur-kuh, -zoor- ]
noun
- a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
- music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.
mazurka
/ məˈzɜːkə /
noun
- a Polish national dance in triple time
- a piece of music composed for this dance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mazurka1
1810–20; < Polish, equivalent to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka noun suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mazurka1
C19: from Polish: (dance) of Mazur (Mazovia) province in Poland
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Example Sentences
Maciejowski wrote also four mazurka strophes eulogising Hanka's scientific achievements, and Chopin set them to music.
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The trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the Mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.
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Would you believe it, they were all flocking about us in crowds; in the mazurka they did nothing but seek her out.
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How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron!
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The theme was in somewhat the nature of a mazurka, sweet and graceful.
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