vina
Americannoun
noun
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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