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bouzouki

American  
[boo-zoo-kee] / bʊˈzu ki /
Or bousouki,

noun

plural

bouzoukis, bouzoukia
  1. a long-necked, fretted lute of modern Greece.


bouzouki British  
/ buːˈzuːkɪ /

noun

  1. a Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin

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Etymology

Origin of bouzouki

1950–55; < Modern Greek mpouzoúki; Turkish bozuk (broken, ruined, depraved; bashi-bazouk ) or büzük (constricted, puckered) adduced as sources, but sense development is obscure

Example Sentences

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Irish pipes, bouzouki, violin and fiddle also feature in the performance alongside an oud - a stringed instrument often described as similar to the European lute - and Middle Eastern percussion.

From BBC

The Human Fear is filled with ideas fresh to the group, from orchestral flourishes on recent single Audacious to a bouzouki being used on Black Eyelashes and the Celtic style riff pulsing through Cats.

From BBC

Despite famously composing much of Hounds of Love on a synthesizer - the Fairlight CMI - she melded those electronic sounds with acoustic folk instruments, such as balalaikas, bouzoukis and didgeridoos.

From BBC

To admirers who flocked to readings where the white-maned poet also played a bouzouki, he was a bard of irresistible charisma.

From Washington Post

Bly, a shambling white-haired guru who strummed a bouzouki and wore colorful vests, was easily mocked as Iron John himself, a hairy wild man who, in the German myth, helped aimless princes in their quests.

From Seattle Times