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banduria

banduria noun: a plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body and a short neck with fourteen strings in six courses, typically played in rondallas. Also the alternative spelling of bandurria.

Noun

banduria (plural bandurias)

  1. (Philippines) A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body and a short neck with fourteen strings in six courses, typically played in rondallas.

Also used as

banduria is also the alternative spelling of bandurria.

Forms of banduria

pluralbandurias
alternative formbandurria

Origin of banduria

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish banduria or Spanish bandurria

Questions about banduria

What does banduria mean?
Banduria means a plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body and a short neck with fourteen strings in six courses, typically played in rondallas.
What part of speech is banduria?
Banduria is a noun.
What is the plural of banduria?
The plural of banduria is bandurias.

Words near banduria in the dictionary

  1. bandulu
  2. bandulus
  3. bandung
  4. bandura
  5. banduras
  6. banduria
  7. bandurist
  8. bandurists
  9. bandurria
  10. bandurrias
  11. Bandusia

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