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ban⋅dore

  [ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]
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–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 < Sp bandurria < L pandūra < Gk pandoûra three-stringed musical instrument
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pan⋅do⋅ra

  [pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh]
–noun
bandore.
Also, pan⋅dore  [pan-dawr, -dohr, pan-dawr, -dohr] , pan⋅dou⋅ra  [pan-door-uh] , pandure.
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ban·dore   (bān'dôr', -dōr')   
n.  A Renaissance musical instrument resembling a guitar. Also called pandore.

[Portuguese bandurra, from Late Latin pandūra, from Greek pandoura.]
pan·dore   (pān'dôr', -dōr')   
n.  See bandore.

[Ultimately from Greek pandoura.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Pandora 
1579, first mortal woman, made by Hephaestus and given as a bride to Epimetheus, from Gk. pandora "all-gifted," from pan "all" + doron "gift," from PIE base *do- "to give." Pandora's box (1579) refers to her gift from Zeus, which was foolishly opened by Epimetheus, upon which all the contents escaped. They were said to be the host of human ills, or, in a later version, all the blessings of the god, except Hope, which alone remained.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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