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bolon

bolon noun: a traditional harp played in Mali.

Noun (1)

bolon (plural bolons)

  1. A traditional harp played in Mali.

Proper noun capitalized: Bolon

Bolon

  1. A Manding language spoken in Burkina Faso.
  2. A lake in Russia, located nearby the Amur River 50 miles south of Komsomolsk city

Noun (2) capitalized: Bolon

Bolon pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group in Mali.

Forms of bolon

pluralbolons

Origin of bolon

(lake in Russia): Transliteration of Russian Болонь (Bolonʹ), probably from Nanai [Term?].

Questions about bolon

What does bolon mean?
Bolon means a traditional harp played in Mali.
What part of speech is bolon?
Bolon can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bolon?
The plural of bolon is bolons.

Words near bolon in the dictionary

  1. bolometric corrections
  2. bolometric magnitude
  3. bolometric magnitudes
  4. bolometrically
  5. bolometry
  6. bolon
  7. Bolondo
  8. Bolondz
  9. boloney
  10. boloneys
  11. Bolongan

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