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vi⋅na

  [vee-nah, -nuh]
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–noun
a musical stringed instrument of India, made of rosewood or ebony, consisting of a long, hollow, fretted stick to which one, two, or three gourds are attached to increase the resonance.
Also, veena.

Origin:
1780–90; < Skt vīṇā
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vi·na also vee·na   (vē'nə)   
n.  A stringed instrument of India that has a long, fretted fingerboard with resonating gourds at each end.

[Hindi vīṇā, from Sanskrit.]
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vina

any of several stringed musical instruments of India, including arched harps (before AD 1000), stick zithers, and lutes.

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