Etymology

vihuela

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Today it means: A guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total). Full definition →

Spanish vihuela
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromvihuela
  2. English todayvihuela

From Spanish vihuela.

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