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 [kee-tuh-roh-ney; It. kee-tahr-raw-ne]  

chi·tar·ro·ne

   [kee-tuh-roh-ney; It. kee-tahr-raw-ne]
noun, plural chi·tar·ro·ni  [-nee] .
an early musical stringed instrument of the lute family with a long neck and two pegboxes, one above the other.
Origin:
1730–40; < Italian, augmentative of chitarra < Greek kithára lyre
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chitarrone (ˌkɪtɑːˈrəʊnɪ, ˌtʃɪt-)
 
—n , pl -ni
a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
 
[Italian, from chitarra, from Greek kithara lyre]

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chitarrone

large bass lute, or archlute, developed in Rome about 1600. It was usually about 6 feet (less than 2 m) tall, with a normal lute body

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