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baglamas

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A plucked stringed instrument, a long-necked bowl lute, played in Greek music and often made of improvised materials; it is a high-pitched and small bouzouki with one string in an octave pair on the lower D and unison pairs on the four highest strings.

Equivalents

Françaisbaglamas
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Ελληνικάμπαγλαμάς

Examples

This was the time when the younger cousin of the bouzouki, the baglamas, came into its ownthe more easily to be concealed beneath clothing or in a specially designed pocket sewn into an overcoat.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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