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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: and German, from Czech pulka 'half-step', from pul 'half'

polka

 noun
     
Related topics: Dance
pol‧ka [countable]
APD a very quick, simple dance for people dancing in pairs, or a piece of music for this dance
—polka verb [intransitive]
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