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POLKA (either from the Czech pulka, half, with an allusion to the short steps characteristic of the dance, or from the Polish Polka, feminine of Polak, a Pole)

POLKA (either from the See also:
CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)
Czech pulka, See also:
HALF
half, with an allusion to the See also:
SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )
short steps characteristic of the See also:
DANCE
DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)
dance, or from the See also:
POLISH
Polish Polka, feminine of Polak, a See also:
POLE (FAMILY)
POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)
Pole) , a lively See also:

dance of Bohemian origin, danced to See also:

MUSIC

music written in See also:

time .

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