charango

[ chuh-rang-goh ]

noun,plural cha·ran·gos.
  1. a small South American guitar made from the shell of an armadillo or similar animal and having two to five strings.

Origin of charango

1
First recorded in 1870–75; from Spanish, alteration of charanga “brass band”; imitative of the sound

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