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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bandoneon
 
SYLLABICATION:ban·do·ne·on
PRONUNCIATION:  bn-dn-n
NOUN: A small accordion especially popular in Latin America.
ETYMOLOGY:American Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandonion, Bandoneon : Heinrich Band (1821–1860), German inventor + alteration of (Akkord)ion, accordion; see accordion.
OTHER FORMS:ban·done·on·ist (--nst) —NOUN
 
 
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