Definition of Balalaika

1. Noun. A stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings.

Generic synonyms: Chordophone

Definition of Balalaika

1. Noun. (musical instruments) A Russian musical instrument, similar to a guitar, with a triangular body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Balalaika

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balalaika

bal-chatri
bal-chatris
balaam
balachong
balaclava
balaclava helmet
balaclavas
baladin
baladine
baladines
baladins
balaenoidea
balafon
balafons
balagan
balalaika (current term)
balalaikas
balance
balance-beam
balance-of-payments problem
balance beam
balance beams
balance board
balance boards
balance of international payments
balance of payments
balance of power
balance of probabilities
balance of trade
balance out

Literary usage of Balalaika

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Russian Comedy of Errors: With Other Stories and Sketches of Russian Life by George Kennan (1915)
"'Take the balalaika away from the prisoner,' said the warden in a cold, stern voice. "The soldiers and turnkeys, with their hands on their weapons, ..."

2. What We Hear in Music: A Laboratory Course of Study in Music History and by Anne Faulkner Oberndorfer (1913)
"... the violin to represent the excitement felt during the duel scene, while pizzicati from the FOLK INSTRUMENTS (A ami B) Russian balalaika (0) ..."

3. Russia of the Russians by Harold Williams (1915)
"And it is just as natural that they should abandon the reed-whistle for the balalaika and the balalaika for the accordion. After all, it is not very certain ..."

4. The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of by Robert Walsh (1812)
"He is entertained with the sound of the balalaika, a national instrument of music which pleases his ear much,—and he laments that the Russian ladies have ..."

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