[vee-oh-luh dah-mawr-ey, -mohr-ey, -duh-] 
| a treble viol with numerous sympathetic strings and several gut strings, producing a resonant sound. |
| viola d'a·mo·re (dä-môr'ā, -mōr'ā, -môr'ē, -mōr'ē) n. A stringed instrument, the tenor of the violin family, having six or seven stopped strings and an equal number of sympathetic strings. [Italian : viola, viol + da, of + amore, love.] |