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vina

American

[vee-nah, -nuh] / ˈvi nɑ, -nə /

noun

a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.

vina British

/ ˈviːnə /

noun

a stringed musical instrument, esp of India, related to the sitar

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Etymology

Origin of vina

First recorded in 1780–90, vina is from the Sanskrit word vīṇā

Example Sentences

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We see a woman pining in a forest alongside a vina, a plucked string instrument with two hollow spheres for resonance; between her and the sky is a brilliant field of solid red.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2016

For a quarter of an hour, the vina mewed and whinnied while no one moved.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 8:30, Indian Musician Nageswara Rao appeared, carrying his vina � a long, gourd-based stringed instrument, much like the sitar popularized by Ravi Shankar and Beatle George Harrison.

From Time Magazine Archive

Quae rosa per cyathos volitat tam vina Falernos?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

That wines of a resinous taste were esteemed, appears from Martial: Resinata bibis vina, Falerna fugis.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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