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bandurria

bandurria noun: a plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.

Noun

bandurria (plural bandurrias)

  1. A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
    • (It should be noted that the flamenco-tinged flourishes by Javier Mas, on bandurria and laúd, were more palatable than the ardently cloying solos by Dino Soldo, on saxophones.)2009 February 21, Nate Chinen, “Pop Music’s Perpetual Old Man, Now 74, Is Back on the Road”, in New York Times
  2. A bird, the black-faced ibis.

bandurria meaning in Tagalog

bandurria in Tagalog

plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body
bandurya

Forms of bandurria

pluralbandurrias
alternative Philippinesbanduria

Origin of bandurria

From Spanish bandurria.

Questions about bandurria

What does bandurria mean?
Bandurria means a plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
What is bandurria in Tagalog?
Bandurria in Tagalog is bandurya. See Bandurria meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is bandurria?
Bandurria is a noun.
What is the plural of bandurria?
The plural of bandurria is bandurrias.

Words near bandurria in the dictionary

  1. bandura
  2. banduras
  3. banduria
  4. bandurist
  5. bandurists
  6. bandurria
  7. bandurrias
  8. Bandusia
  9. Bandusian
  10. bandwaggon
  11. bandwaggons

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