bandore

 [ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]  

ban·dore

   [ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]
noun
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
Also, ban·do·ra  [ban-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] .
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]

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