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balaphone

balaphone is the alternative form of balafon.

Meaning of balafon

Noun

balafon (plural balafons)

  1. A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.
    • He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    bala

Forms of balaphone

pluralbalaphones

Questions about balaphone

What is balaphone the alternative form of?
Balaphone is the alternative form of balafon.

Words near balaphone in the dictionary

  1. balao-balao
  2. Balaoa
  3. Balaoan
  4. Balaoi
  5. balaos
  6. balaphone
  7. balaphones
  8. balapiravir
  9. Balarama
  10. balas
  11. balas rubies

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