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