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bandore
ban·dore
/
bænˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈbæn
dɔr, -doʊr
/
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[
ban-
dawr
, -
dohr
,
ban
-dawr, -dohr
]
Show IPA
noun
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
Also,
ban·do·ra
/
bænˈdɔr
ə
,
-ˈdoʊr
ə
/
Show Spelled
[
ban-
dawr
-
uh
,
-
dohr
-
uh
]
Show IPA
.
Also called
pandora
,
pandore,
pandoura,
pandure
.
Origin:
1560–70;
earlier
bandurion
<
Spanish
bandurria
<
Latin
pandūra
<
Greek
pandoûra
three-stringed musical instrument
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bandore
(bænˈdɔː, ˈbændɔː)
—
n
pandore
, Also called:
pandora
a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
[C16: from Spanish
bandurria
, from Late Latin
pandūra
three-stringed instrument, from Greek
pandoura
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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