BANDORA

Meaning of BANDORA in English

[ ban'dɔ:rə ]

(also bandore ban'dɔ: )

■ noun a kind of bass lute with a scallop-shaped body and metal strings.

Origin

C16: origin uncertain; related to Du. bandoor , Sp. bandurria , also banjo : prob. based on Gk pandoura 'three-stringed lute'.

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BANDORA — noun see: bandore
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BANDORA — noun see bandore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BANDORA — n. bass stringed instrument that resembles the guitar
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BANDORA — see bandore
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BANDORE — or bandora noun Etymology: Spanish bandurria or Portuguese bandurra, from Late Latin pandura 3-stringed lute, from Greek pandoura Date: 1566 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BANDORE — /ban dawr", -dohr", ban"dawr, -dohr/ , n. an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar. Also, bandora /ban dawr"euh, -dohr"euh/ . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BANJO — ■ noun ( plural ~s or ~es ) a stringed instrument of the guitar family, with a round open-backed soundbox …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BANDURA — [ ban'du:rə ] ■ noun a Ukrainian stringed instrument resembling a large asymmetrical lute with many strings, held vertically and …
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STRING — n. 25B6; noun a ball of string : TWINE, cord, yarn, thread, strand. a string of brewers : CHAIN, group, …
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