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noun a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
noun a 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings
originFrom Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cithara, guitar, and zither.
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