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 Definitions of polka  [ˈpoʊl kə, ˈpoʊ kə]  

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Definition of 'polka' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) polka
a lively couple dance of Bohemian origin, with music in duple meter.

2.  polka
a piece of music for such a dance.

3. (v.i.) polka
to dance the polka.

Etymology:  (1835–45; < Czech: lit., Polish woman or girl; cf. Pol polka Polish woman)

Definition of 'polka' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) polka
music performed for dancing the polka

2. (verb) polka
a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time

3. (verb) polka
dance a polka


Definition of 'polka' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) polka
a dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time

2. (noun) polka
a lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented


Translation of 'polka' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a piece of music for) a type of quick, lively dance.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: polka Arabic flag Arabic: بولكا: إسم نَغمة او رَقْص Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: полка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: polca Czech flag Czech: polka German flag German: die Polka
Danish flag Danish: polka Greek flag Greek: πόλκα Spanish flag Spanish: polka
Estonian flag Estonian: polka Farsi flag Farsi: رقص پولکا Finnish flag Finnish: polkka
French flag French: polka Hebrew flag Hebrew: פּוֹלקָה Hindi flag Hindi: पूर्वी यूरोप का एक ‍िजन्द
Croatian flag Croatian: polka Hungarian flag Hungarian: polka Indonesian flag Indonesian: semacam tarian gembira
Icelandic flag Icelandic: polki Italian flag Italian: polca, polka Japanese flag Japanese: ポルカ
Korean flag Korean: 폴카 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: polka Latvian flag Latvian: polka
Malay flag Malay: polka Dutch flag Dutch: polka Norwegian flag Norwegian: polka
Polish flag Polish: polka Persian flag Persian: رقص پولکا Pashto flag Pashto: د پولكا نڅا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: polca Romanian flag Romanian: polcă Russian flag Russian: полька
Slovak flag Slovak: polka Slovenian flag Slovenian: polka Serbian flag Serbian: polka
Swedish flag Swedish: polka Thai flag Thai: จังหวะเต้นรำ Turkish flag Turkish: polka dansı/müziği
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 波爾卡舞 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: полька Urdu flag Urdu: ايک قسم کا ناچ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: điệu nhảy pôn-ka Chinese flag Chinese: 波尔卡舞

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