Definition of Kalimba

1. Noun. (musical instruments) A type of thumb piano, similar to a mbira. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kalimba

1. an African musical instrument [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalimba

kalewives
kaleyard
kaleyards
kali
kalian
kalians
kalicine
kalicinite
kalif
kalifate
kalifates
kalifersite
kalifs
kaligenous
kalima
kalimba (current term)
kalimbas
kalimotxo
kalininite
kalinite
kalinites
kaliopenia
kaliopenic
kaliophilite
kaliophilites
kaliph
kaliphate
kaliphates
kaliphs
kalipyrochlore

Literary usage of Kalimba

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

1. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"When one clicks on one of the moulding indents, it falls from the wall like a ball and bounces on the ground producing a simple kalimba (an African thumb ..."

2. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin by Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (1886)
"... einen Strauss mit den Eingeborenen bei kalimba zu bestehen. Storms benutzte die Gelegenheit, indem für ihn durch das langandauernde ..."

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