| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bandore |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ban·dore |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b n dôr , -d r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ban·do·ra (bn-dôr , -dr) |
| NOUN: | A Renaissance musical instrument resembling a guitar. Also called pandore. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese bandurra, from Late Latin pand ra, from Greek pandoura.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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