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

  • 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.

    Songs of Ukraina, With Ruthenian Poems 1916

  • The singers – the Kobzars – accompany themselves on the kobza while they sing the glories of the Ukraine.

    Songs of Ukraina, With Ruthenian Poems 1916

  • Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his spouse Katerina Yushchenko visited a monument to prominent Ukrainian poet, great kobza player Taras Shevchenko.

    unknown title 2009

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