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pandura

pandura noun: an Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.

Noun

pandura (plural panduras)

  1. An Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.

Forms of pandura

pluralpanduras

Origin of pandura

From Late Latin pandura, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra), a Pre-Greek/substrate loan. Doublet of mandola.

Words that rhyme with pandura

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Questions about pandura

What does pandura mean?
Pandura means an Ancient Greek stringed instrument, a kind of lute with three strings that were stopped with a fingerboard to alter the tone, and with either a mandolin- or banjo-like shape.
What part of speech is pandura?
Pandura is a noun.
What is the plural of pandura?
The plural of pandura is panduras.

Words near pandura in the dictionary

  1. pandrops
  2. Pandu
  3. Pandua
  4. Panduma Senior
  5. pandumbic
  6. pandura
  7. panduras
  8. pandurate
  9. pandurately
  10. panduri
  11. panduriform

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