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Polka

2 stages from Czech to English.

Today it means a lively couples dance of Central European origin, or its music
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Stage 1 of 2
polka
Czech · 1830s
"a lively half-step dance"
possibly meaning "Polish woman", or from "pulka" (half-step)
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Stage 2 of 2
polka
English · 1840s
"a lively couples dance in duple time"
adopted as the lively dance craze spread across Europe and America
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