Polka

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.

Polka (plural Polkas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Polka is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Polka is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Polka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Palko, lo pak, pakol, pokal

From Polák +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolka]

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• Rhymes: -olka

Polka f (male equivalent Polák)

1. female Pole (female Polish person)

• “Polka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Polka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Polka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

 

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Polka

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Polka f (genitive Polka, plural Polkas)

1. polka (genre of dance and music)

• “Polka” in Duden online
• “Polka” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polka f

1. Superseded spelling of Pólka.

From Polak +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlka
• Syllabification: Pol‧ka
• Homophone: polka

Polka f (male equivalent Polak, diminutive Poleczka)

1. Polish woman

• Polka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Polka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔlka]

Polka m pers (female equivalent Polková)

1. a male surname

• “Polka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024