charango
[ chuh-rang-goh ]
noun,plural cha·ran·gos.
a small South American guitar made from the shell of an armadillo or similar animal and having two to five strings.
Origin of charango
1First recorded in 1870–75; from Spanish, alteration of charanga “brass band”; imitative of the sound
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