mandola
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mandola
1750–60; < Italian, variant of mandora, alteration of Latin pandūra 3-stringed lute < Greek pandoûra; cf. bandore
Example Sentences
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The siblings Sara and Sean Watkins pick circular guitar patterns and add vocal harmonies, while Thile plays a counterpoint on mandola that rises like mist off a pond.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
The 15-year-old plays five instruments - banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar and mandola.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2021
Inside, a Venezuelan folk band strummed a bass guitar and two guitar-like instruments - a cuatro and a mandola - amid piles of blankets and bags of clothes.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2017
Inside, a Venezuelan folk band strummed a bass guitar and two guitar-like instruments — a cuatro and a mandola — amid piles of blankets and bags of clothes.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2017
He makes room next to his paintings, his railroad cars, and his violin and mandolin and mandola.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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