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cithara

cithara noun: an ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.

cithara: an ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar
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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.

cithara meaning in Tamil

cithara in Tamil

பண்டைய கிரேக்க இசைக்கருவி வகை

Forms of cithara

pluralcitharas
pluralcitharai
pluralcitharae
alternative formkithara
plural (archaic)citharæ

Origin of cithara

From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.

Words formed from cithara

Questions about cithara

What does cithara mean?
Cithara means an ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.
What is cithara in Tamil?
Cithara in Tamil is பண்டைய கிரேக்க இசைக்கருவி வகை. See Cithara meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cithara?
Cithara is a noun.
What is the plural of cithara?
The plural of cithara is citharas.

Words near cithara in the dictionary

  1. citers
  2. cites
  3. citess
  4. citesses
  5. Cithaeron
  6. cithara
  7. citharae
  8. citharai
  9. citharas
  10. citharid
  11. citharids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cithara (page history and authors); cithara (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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