mazurka

[ muh-zur-kuh, -zoo r- ]

/ məˈzɜr kə, -ˈzʊər- /

a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.

music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance.

Origin of mazurka

1810–20; < Polish, equivalent to Mazur Mazovia (district in northern Poland) + -ka noun suffix

Both the cotillon and the mazurka are danced—one before, the other after supper—at Court balls and other dances.

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories |Ivn Turgnieff
"I shall sleep badly to-night," she said to me when the mazurka was over.

A Hero of Our Time |M. Y. Lermontov
The women of his family followed, and pairs of male guests danced a sort of Mazurka step beside him.

Tent Work in Palestine |Claude Reignier Conder
In a mazurka a motive occupies only one measure, in the menuet two, and in the waltz four.

Piano Playing |Josef Hofmann

My heart had been full of song, and I had heard in imagination the tune of the mazurka, but this was very harsh music.

The Forged Coupon and Other Stories |Leo Tolstoy

mazurka

/ (məˈzɜːkə) /

a Polish national dance in triple time

a piece of music composed for this dance

C19: from Polish: (dance) of Mazur (Mazovia) province in Poland