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The bandura is a traditional Ukrainian stringed instrument that blends elements of the zither and the lute, according to the ESO website.—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Visit favorites include the tea ceremony, hina doll display, ikebana flower arrangements, and koto (Japanese zither) performances, along with storytelling and hands-on workshops.—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024 Indeed, there are few Indonesian traces in East Africa besides some musical instruments like the xylophone and the zither and the Indonesian crops discussed earlier.—Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023 Gone, too, were their instruments: drums, flutes, gongs, two varieties of zither, and a towering mouth organ with pipes like city spires.—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for zither
Word History
Etymology
German, from Old High German zitara, cithara, from Latin cithara cithara — more at cither
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