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Dvorak

dvo·rak

UK/ˈdvɔːʒæk/ US/ˈdvɔɹæk/ rare

noun

1.

Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904)

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Origin

From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak.

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