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djembes

djembes is the plural of djembe.

Meaning of djembe

Noun

djembe (plural djembes)

  1. A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
    • There are three principal types of traditional drums in Guinean Sousou culture: the djembe, the dundun, and the tama. The djembe is a single-headed goblet-shaped drum with a relatively high-pitched tone.2007, Karin Gaynell Patterson, Expressions of Africa in Los Angeles Public Performance, 1781—1994, page 133

Questions about djembes

What is djembes the plural of?
Djembes is the plural of djembe.

Words near djembes in the dictionary

  1. djellaba
  2. djellabah
  3. djellabahs
  4. djellabas
  5. djembe
  6. djembes
  7. djembé
  8. djembés
  9. djenkol
  10. djenkol bean
  11. djenkol beans

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