How the Polish language influenced English with the word 'mazurka'

'Mazurka' is a word borrowed from Polish 'mazurka'. The word entered the English language some time around 1818.

mazurka [noun] [1818]

• a Polish folk dance in moderate triple measure
• music for the mazurka or in its rhythm usually in moderate or time

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note: From Polish upiór; a ghostly/ghastly creature or a ghoul-like fiend; from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.
Etymology: Russian, from Polish 'mazurek' from 'Mazury' Masuria, region of NE Poland

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