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BALALAIKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balalaika mean? 

BALALAIKA (noun)
  The noun BALALAIKA has 1 sense:

1. a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three stringsplay

  Familiarity information: BALALAIKA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALALAIKA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("balalaika" is a kind of...):

chordophone (a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers)


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