sanza

See also: Sanza

English

Noun

sanza (plural sanzas)

1. (music) Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of idiophones

Anagrams

• Sazan, azans, sazan

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan.t͡sa/, [ˈs̪än̪t̪͡s̪ä]
• Hyphenation: sàn‧za

Etymology 1

Variant of senza frequently found in the ancient Florentine dialect. The en- → an- shift was partly an influence of French sans.

Preposition

sanza

1. (obsolete, poetic) without

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, “harpsichord”).

Noun

sanza f (plural sanze)

1. Alternative form of sansa