mandola

[ man-doh-luh ]

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

Words Nearby mandola

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How to use mandola in a sentence

One of them, however, named Achille de la mandola, seems to have greatly helped the fugitive.
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The mandola was played with a quill like the mandolino and the cither.
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British Dictionary definitions for mandola

mandola

/ (ˈmændələ) /

noun

an early type of mandolin

Origin of mandola

from Italian

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