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citharæ

citharæ is the plural of cithara.

Meaning of cithara

Noun

cithara (plural citharas or citharai or citharae or (archaic) citharæ)

  1. An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.

Origin of citharæ

From Latin citharae, plural of cithara.

Questions about citharæ

What is citharæ the plural of?
Citharæ is the plural of cithara.

Words near citharæ in the dictionary

  1. citharistic
  2. citharists
  3. citharode
  4. citharodes
  5. citharoedic
  6. citharæ
  7. cither
  8. cithern
  9. citherns
  10. cithers
  11. cithren

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citharæ (page history and authors); cithara (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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