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citharae

citharae 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 citharae

From Latin citharae, plural of cithara.

Questions about citharae

What is citharae the plural of?
Citharae is the plural of cithara.

Words near citharae in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citharae (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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