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POLKA (either from the Czech pulka, h...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 984 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLKA (either from the Czech pulka,
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half, with an allusion to the short steps characteristic of the dance, or from the
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Polish Polka, feminine of Polak, a Pole)
, a lively dance of Bohemian origin, danced to
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music written in time .

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