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poka

/ˈpoʊkə/

poka is the misspelling of polka.

Meaning of polka

Noun

polka (plural polkas)

  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
  2. The music for this dance.
  3. A polka jacket.
    • a young lady in a grey polka1872, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens

See all 5 meanings of polka

Questions about poka

What is poka the misspelling of?
Poka is the misspelling of polka.
How do you pronounce poka?
Poka is pronounced /ˈpoʊkə/.

Words near poka in the dictionary

  1. Pok Fu Lam
  2. pok kai
  3. Pok'ot'u
  4. pok-a-tok
  5. pok-ta-pok
  6. poka
  7. poka-yoke
  8. pokable
  9. pokal
  10. pokals
  11. Pokanoket

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poka (page history and authors); polka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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