How to pronounce mazurka
American English pronunciation
muh-ZUR-kuh
- IPA
- /məˈzɝkə/
- Syllables
- muh · ZUR · kuh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What mazurka means
A lively Polish folk dance with three beats to a bar
In a sentence: The band played a mazurka, and the dancers stamped on the third beat.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Polish word for a dance of the Masurian people of Poland.
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