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vi·ol     (vī'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Any of a family of stringed instruments, chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a fretted fingerboard, usually six strings, and a flat back and played with a curved bow.
  2. See viola da gamba.

[Alteration of Middle English viel, from Old French viole, vielle, from Old Provençal viola; see viola1.]
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