Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rude lute used in Little Russia.
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- noun music A plucked stringed instrument of the
lute family.
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Examples
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When he played on the kobza and sang of the ancient glories of the Ukraine, Kotchubei's young daughter, like Desdemona, listened entranced, and finally asked him to marry her.
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The singers – the Kobzars – accompany themselves on the kobza while they sing the glories of the Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his spouse Katerina Yushchenko visited a monument to prominent Ukrainian poet, great kobza player Taras Shevchenko.
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