mandola
[ man-doh-luh ]
/ mænˈdoʊ lə /
noun
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
Origin of mandola
1750–60; < Italian, variant of
mandora, alteration of Latin
pandūra 3-stringed lute < Greek
pandoûra; cf.
bandore
Words nearby mandola
Example sentences from the Web for mandola
The mandola was played with a quill like the mandolino and the cither.
Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) |Carl Engel
British Dictionary definitions for mandola
mandola
/ (ˈmændələ) /
noun
an early type of mandolin
Word Origin for mandola
from Italian