GUIRO


Meaning of GUIRO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwē-(ˌ)rō, ˈgwir-(ˌ)ō ]

noun

Etymology: American Spanish güiro, literally, calabash

Date: 1898

: a percussion instrument of Latin-American origin made of a serrated gourd and played by scraping a stick along its surface

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