bandurria

[ ban-door-yuh ]

noun

1. a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bandurria¹

From Spanish, dating back to 1835–45; bandore

Example Sentences

Bandurria; Spanish, eighteenth century; played with a plectrum usually made of tortoise-shell.

From Project Gutenberg

Banjo seems to be derived from bandore or bandurria, modern French and Spanish forms of tambour, respectively.

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Three men were sitting on the doorstep of a house, two playing guitars, one playing the bandurria.

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