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Five-stringed African lyre
Answer for the clue "Five-stringed African lyre ", 6 letters:
kissar
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The kissar (also spelled kissir ), or Gytarah barbaryeh , the ancient Nubian lyre , still in use in Egypt and Abyssinia (as of 1911). It consists of a body having instead of the traditional tortoise -shell back, a shallow, round bowl of wood, covered with ...
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n. (context music English) A five-stringed lyre used in Nubia, Abyssinia(,) and northern Africa.