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pol·ka  audio  (plk, pk) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia and performed by couples.
  2. Music for this dance, having duple meter.
VERB:
intr.
pol·kaed, pol·ka·ing, pol·kas
To dance the polka.
ETYMOLOGY:
Czech, probably from Polish, from Polka, Polish woman, feminine of Polak, Pole; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots


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