mandola
[man-doh-luh]
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noun
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
Origin of mandola
1750–60; < Italian, variant of mandora, alteration of Latin pandūra 3-stringed lute < Greek pandoûra; cf. bandore
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Historical Examples of mandola
The mandola was played with a quill like the mandolino and the cither.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2)Carl Engel
mandola
noun
Word Origin for mandola
from Italian
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