mazurka
noun
ma·zur·ka mə-ˈzər-kə 
-ˈzu̇r-
-ˈzu̇r- variants or less commonly mazourka
mə-ˈzu̇r-kə
1
: a Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure
2
: music for the mazurka or in its rhythm usually in moderate ³/₄ or ³/₈ time
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The national dances are a riot of color, yellow for the Neapolitan, blue for the csárdás, red for the mazurka. 
Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 Variation after variation test every tool these dancers have, layered over with waggish character dancing pulling from Polish mazurka and Russian hopak, to name a few. Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022 The concert will be directed by Christian McKee and feature holiday favorites, a Scott Joplin rag, a Bach cantata and a Yuletide mazurka from Italy. oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2021 The final movement was a feisty dance, like a Russified Chopin mazurka, with spiraling runs and bursts of chords, played by Mr. Trifonov with fire and élan, though not a trace of showiness for its own sake. New York Times, 28 Nov. 2019 People could dance to a Chopin mazurka, minding the cobblestones of course. David Coggins, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2015
Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022 Variation after variation test every tool these dancers have, layered over with waggish character dancing pulling from Polish mazurka and Russian hopak, to name a few. Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022 The concert will be directed by Christian McKee and feature holiday favorites, a Scott Joplin rag, a Bach cantata and a Yuletide mazurka from Italy. oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2021 The final movement was a feisty dance, like a Russified Chopin mazurka, with spiraling runs and bursts of chords, played by Mr. Trifonov with fire and élan, though not a trace of showiness for its own sake. New York Times, 28 Nov. 2019 People could dance to a Chopin mazurka, minding the cobblestones of course. David Coggins, Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2015 Word History
Etymology
Russian, from Polish mazurek, from Mazury Masuria, region of Northeast Poland
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1