Etymology

mazurka

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Today it means: A traditional Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat. Full definition →

German Mazurka ← Russian мазу́рка ← Polish mazurek
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  1. Polish · derived frommazurek“dance of the Masurian”
  2. Russian · derived fromмазу́рка
  3. German · derived fromMazurka
  4. English todaymazurka

Via German Mazurka and Russian мазу́рка (mazúrka), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian”), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.

Words from the same roots

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