mazurka

or ma·zour·ka

[ muh-zur-kuh, -zoor- ]

/ məˈzɜr kə, -ˈzʊər- /

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noun

a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.

music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

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Origin of mazurka

1810–20; <Polish, equivalent to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka noun suffix

Words nearby mazurka

mazey, mazopathia, mazopathy, Mazu, mazuma, mazurka, mazy, mazzard, Mazzini, mb, M'Ba

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How to use mazurka in a sentence

Maciejowski wrote also four mazurka strophes eulogising Hanka's scientific achievements, and Chopin set them to music.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The trio (poco piu mosso), the more original portion of the Mazurka, reappears in a slightly altered form in later mazurkas.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
Would you believe it, they were all flocking about us in crowds; in the mazurka they did nothing but seek her out.
Smoke|Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
How she danced over the ground with a light mazurka step, as if she were shod with gutta-percha and not with iron!
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

The theme was in somewhat the nature of a mazurka, sweet and graceful.
A Russian Proprietor|Lyof N. Tolstoi

British Dictionary definitions for mazurka

mazurka

mazourka

/ (məˈzɜːkə) /

noun

a Polish national dance in triple time

a piece of music composed for this dance

Word Origin for mazurka

C19: from Polish: (dance) of Mazur (Mazovia) province in Poland

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