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marimba

ma·rimba

UK/məˈɹɪm.bə/ US/mɜrˈɪmbʌ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

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Origin

From Portuguese marimba, via a Bantu source, perhaps Kimbundu marimba (“xylophone”).

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