mazurka
noun /məˈzɜːkə/
/məˈzɜːrkə/
- a fast Polish dance for four or eight couples, or a piece of music for this danceTopics Musicc2Word 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.