bouzouki

noun

bou·zou·ki bü-ˈzü-kē

plural bouzoukis also bouzoukia bü-ˈzü-kē-ə

: a long-necked stringed instrument of Greek origin that resembles a mandolin

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Near the end of February, the overhead bins on flights from Ireland to the U.S. start filling up with fiddles and bouzoukis, as Irish traditional musicians make their seasonal migration across the Atlantic to play during what the players themselves sometimes call St. Patrick’s Month. —

Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 Farmers come from the countryside around Athens to sell their produce while small groups of musicians busk with bouzouki music. —

Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024 Kevin Burke, Nuala Kennedy, and Eamon O’Leary: County Louth songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nuala Kennedy and Dublin guitarist and bouzouki player Eamon O’Leary have performed widely together as a duo and in the trio The Alt. —

Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024 This is heartfelt balladry spotlighting his almost lute-like virtuosity on guitar (both 6- and 12-string) and bouzouki (delicate, fragile, nothing Zorba-esque) and his mix of melancholy and introspection embodied in his earthy singing. —

Steve Hochman, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bouzouki