vihuela

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish vihuela.

Noun

vihuela (plural vihuelas)

  1. (music) A guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total).
  2. (music) A guitar-like string instrument of 19th-century Mexico with five strings, typically played in mariachi bands.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Cf. viola. Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan viola (cf. modern Occitan viula), possibly from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ML." is not valid. See WT:LOL. vitula. Compare also Italian and Portuguese viola, French vielle, viole.

Noun

vihuela f (plural vihuelas)

  1. (music) vihuela
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