tambora

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noun

A small two-headed drum, used in Dominican merengue music, usually played by striking one side with a mallet and the other with the hand.

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Meanings

tambora1

nountambora (plural tamboras)

plural tamboras

  1. Any of several drums.
    1. entertainmentA small two-headed drum, used in Dominican merengue music, usually played by striking one side with a mallet and the other with the hand.
    2. entertainmentA large two-headed bass drum, used in Mexican banda and regional genres like tamborazo, usually played by striking both sides with a mallet (bolillo).
    3. entertainmentA wide two-headed drum used mainly in Colombian cumbia, played by striking both sides with heavy sticks (baquetas).

Tambora2

proper noun
  1. An active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
  2. An extinct non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of the Tambora culture of central Sumbawa, in contemporary Indonesia.

Origin

From Spanish tambor.

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APA

tambora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambora

MLA

“tambora.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambora. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tambora,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambora.

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