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pol⋅ka

  [pohl-kuh, poh-kuh] noun, plural -kas, verb, -kaed, -ka⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a lively couple dance of Bohemian origin, with music in duple meter.
2. a piece of music for such a dance or in its rhythm.
–verb (used without object)
3. to dance the polka.
Origin:
1835–45; < Czech: lit., Polish woman or girl; cf. Pol polka Polish woman, polak Pole
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pol·ka   (pōl'kə, pō'kə)   
n.  

  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia and performed by couples.

  2. Music for this dance, having duple meter.

v.   intr. pol·kaed, pol·ka·ing, pol·kas
To dance the polka.

[Czech, probably from Polish, from Polka, Polish woman, feminine of Polak, Pole; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

polka

A lively dance for couples, originating in eastern Europe.

Note: Johann Strauss, the Younger wrote many polkas.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

polka 
1844, from Fr., from Czech polka, the dance, lit. "Polish woman" (Polish Polka), fem. of Polak "a Pole." The word may also be an alteration of Czech pulka "half," for the half-steps of Bohemian peasant dances. The dance was in vogue first in Prague, 1835; it reached London by the spring of 1842. Polka dot is first recorded 1884 and is named for the dance, for no reason except its popularity, which led to many contemporary products and fashions taking the name.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

Polka language
An object-oriented parallel logic programming language, built on top of Parlog.
["Polka: A Parlog Object-Oriented Language", Andrew Davison, TR, Parlog Group, Imperial College, London 1988].
(1995-01-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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