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viola da braccio

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vi⋅o⋅la da brac⋅cio

  [vee-oh-luh duh brah-choh]
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–noun, plural viola da braccios.
an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
Origin:
< It: lit., viola for the arm
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vi·o·la da brac·cio   (vē-ō'lə də brä'chō)   
n.   pl. viola da braccios
A stringed instrument of the violin family with approximately the range of the viola.

[Italian : viola, viol + da, of, for + braccio, arm.]
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