mazurka

ma·zur·ka (m

-zûr

, -z

1. A Polish dance resembling the polka, frequently adopted as a ballet form.

2. A piece of music for such a dance, written in 3/4 or 3/8 time with the second beat heavily accented.

[Russian, possibly from Polish (taczy) mazurka, (to dance) the mazurka, accusative of mazurek, dance of the Mazovians, from diminutive of Mazur, person from Mazovia, a historical region of eastern Poland.]

mazurka, mazourka [məˈzɜːkə]

1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a Polish national dance in triple time

2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for this dance

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

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Noun	1.	mazurka - music composed for dancing the mazurka dance music - music to dance to
	2.	mazurka - a Polish national dance in triple time folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)

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mazurka

n → Mazurka f

mazurka [məˈzɜːkə] n → mazurca

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dance dance music folk dance folk dancing music	He taught certain uncouth lads, when they were of an age to enter society, the intricacies of contra dances, or the steps of the schottische and mazurka, and he was a marked figure in all social assemblies, though conspicuously absent from town-meetings and the purely masculine gatherings at the store or tavern or bridge. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context He led the mazurka at the Arkharovs' ball, talked about the war with Field Marshal Kamenski, visited the English Club, and was on intimate terms with a colonel of forty to whom Denisov had introduced War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The week before, Kitty had told her mother of a conversation she had with Vronsky during a mazurka. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	Mazarin Mazarine Mazarine Bible Mazarine blue Mazatlan Mazatlán Mazdaism Mazdean Mazdeism maze mazed Mazedness Mazeful mazel tov mazer mazey Mazily Maziness Mazological Mazologist Mazology mazopathy Mazourka Mazu mazuma mazurka mazy mazzard mazzard cherry Mazzini Mb MBA Mbabane mbaqanga MBBS mbd MBE Mbeki Mbeya mbira Mbit MBO Mbps Mbuji Mayi Mbujimayi Mbundu mbyte Mc Mc- McAlester McAllen	Mazowiecki Osrodek Doradztwa Rolniczego Mazowiecki, Tadeusz Mazowieckie Centrum Zdrowia Publicznego Mazowszanie Mazowsze MAZP MAZPA Mazrim Taim Mazsalaca Mazu Mazu Mázu Mázu Mazuka Mazuka Mazulipatam Mazulskii mazuma Mazur, Paul Meyer Mazuranic, Ivan Mazurenko, Aleksei Mazurenko, Aleksei Efimovich Mazuria Mazuria Mazurian Mazurian ethnic group Mazurians Mazurians (ethnic group) mazurka Mazurkas Mazurkas Mazurok, Iurii Mazurok, Iurii Antonovich Mazurov Mazurov, Kiril Mazurov, Kirill Mazurov, Kirill Trofimovich Mazurs Mazury Mazury Mazut Mazut Furnace mazy mazy Mazyadids Mazyr Mazzacurati, Marino Mazzah Mazzah mazzard mazzard mazzard cherry Mazzard fruit Mazzard fruit mazzards Mazzaroth Mazzini Mazzini Mazzini Autorizza Furti Incendi Avvelenamenti

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He taught certain uncouth lads, when they were of an age to enter society, the intricacies of contra dances, or the steps of the schottische and mazurka, and he was a marked figure in all social assemblies, though conspicuously absent from town-meetings and the purely masculine gatherings at the store or tavern or bridge.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

He led the mazurka at the Arkharovs' ball, talked about the war with Field Marshal Kamenski, visited the English Club, and was on intimate terms with a colonel of forty to whom Denisov had introduced

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The week before, Kitty had told her mother of a conversation she had with Vronsky during a mazurka.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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