< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
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), a lively dance of Bohemian origin, danced to music written in 2/4 time. (See Dance.)
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