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Definition of Tamburas
1. tambura [n] - See also: tambura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamburas
Literary usage of Tamburas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2003)
"It is like the tone ofan electrical transformer, a hundred tamburas distantly
playing or a humming swarm of bees. These five constitute the ..."
2. Through Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on Foot During the Insurrection, August by Arthur Evans (1876)
"Entering it, we found ourselves in the midst of a Croat merrymaking: an orchestra
of four men strumming on tamburas and ..."
3. Native Life in Travancore by Samuel Mateer (1883)
"These are usually called tamburas. " The four-stringed lutes are tuned to one
chord, in whatever key is required— generally of C—and the finger passed ..."
4. Native Life in Travancore by Samuel Mateer (1883)
"These are usually called tamburas. " The four-stringed lutes are tuned to one
chord, in whatever key is required— generally of C—and the finger passed ..."
5. The Jugoslavs in the United States of America by Milivoy Stoyan Stanoyevich (1921)
"In Croatia and Slavonia they bring their banjos or tamburas arid play. At fairs
or on feast days when the village folk assemble outside the monasteries and ..."
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