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mbira

noun

mbi·​ra em-ˈbir-ə How to pronounce mbira (audio)
: an African musical instrument that consists of a wooden or gourd resonator and a varying number of tuned metal or wooden strips that vibrate when plucked

Illustration of mbira

Illustration of mbira

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Enjoy a relaxing, pretty tune in a relaxing, pretty place, played on the kalimba, an instrument based on the mbira, a traditional African finger harp. Aj Willingham, CNN, 15 May 2020 Zimdancehall was one of the emergent new genres — a local spinoff of Jamaican dancehall that used Shona instead of Jamaican English, and sometimes incorporated the mbira, a metal keyboard closely associated with traditional Zimbabwean music. New York Times, 7 Sep. 2019 The mbira consists of a set of steel tines suspended over a sound box. Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2018 Grover and his team turned to the mbira to find an answer. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2018 Indian Bollywood, Hawaiian hula and Zimbabwean mbira — along with folk dances of Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines and China — are just a few of the traditions on view in a celebration of the Bay Area’s diverse dance landscape. Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 18 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

Shona

First Known Use

circa 1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mbira was circa 1911

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