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Greek mandolin
Answer for the clue "Greek mandolin ", 8 letters:
bouzouki
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Word definitions for bouzouki in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context musici English) A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute having a sharp, metallic sound
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The bouzouki (also buzuki ) ( Greek : μπουζούκι ; plural : μπουζούκια) is a Greek musical instrument that was brought to Greece in the 1900s by Greek immigrants from Asia Minor , and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetika genre and its music ...
Usage examples of bouzouki.
Scottish kitchen reverberates with bouzouki music and a plaintive tinny voice singing in Greek.
Over the sound of the shower he heard her humming one of the all-alike bouzouki tunes from their honeymoon radio in the Honda.
As she sampled them, Cressy saw that a group of bouzouki players had arrived and were tuning their in struments.
To cover her confusion, she turned to watch the bouzouki play tapping her fingers on the table to the music.
Dan across the glen, bouzouki in hand, already making tracks toward the park entrance without a single glance backward.
He was a self-styled writer playing bouzouki in a taverna to make ends meet.
She bowed, hugged me and left a sweaty imprint I could smell all night, then passed the money back to her drummers and bouzouki player.
Ordering red wine, he sat listening to soothing bouzouki music while watching the gyrations of a belly dancer on a television screen over the bar.