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Mazurka

2 stages from Polish to English.

Today it means a lively Polish folk dance in triple time, or the music for it
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Stage 1 of 2
mazurek
Polish · medieval
"a dance from Mazovia"
literally "a woman of Mazovia", the central Polish region where the dance originated
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Stage 2 of 2
mazurka
English · 1800s
"a lively Polish folk dance"
adopted as the lively folk dance spread across Europe
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