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guitars

[gi-tahr] Origin

gui·tar

[gi-tahr]
noun
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.

Origin:
1615–25; < Spanish guitarra < Arabic kītārahGreek kithára kithara
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Word Origin & History

guitar
1621, ult. from Gk. kithara "cithara," a stringed musical instrument related to the lyre, perhaps from Pers. sihtar (see sitar); the name reached Eng. several times, including early 14c. giterne, in reference to various stringed, guitar-like instruments; the modern word is
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directly from Sp. guittara, from Arabic qitar, from the Gk.
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Cultural Dictionary

guitar definition


A stringed musical instrument (see strings) usually played by strumming or plucking. Guitars are widely used in folk music and, often amplified electronically, in country and western music and rock 'n' roll.

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