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MAZURKA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mazurka mean?
• MAZURKA (noun)
The noun MAZURKA has 2 senses:
1. music composed for dancing the mazurka
2. a Polish national dance in triple time
Familiarity information: MAZURKA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Music composed for dancing the mazurka
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mazurka" is a kind of...):
dance music (music to dance to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Polish national dance in triple time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mazurka" is a kind of...):
folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))
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