Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Balkan stringed instrument similar to a mandolin in shape and sound.
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- noun music any of a number of different types of long-necked
lutes found in theBalkans .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Serbo-Croatian tamburica, diminutive of tambura, stringed instrument, from Ottoman Turkish ṭambūra, from Persian ṭanbūra; see tamboura.]
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Now, I have to find groups for a bajo sexto, cuartro, 2 ukeleles, 3 tamburitza, soprano and bass domra, balalaika, Martin guitar, 3 violins, 2 Greek bouzoukis .....
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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