sanza
See also: Sanza
English
Etymology
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Noun
sanza (plural sanzas)
- (music) Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.
- 2015, Toyin Falola; Daniel Jean-Jacques, editors, Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 217:
- Sanza making is not at all specialized; anyone who wants to play the sanza makes their own. This xylophone is an instrument whose use crosses ethnic groups; one variation of it is known as the balafon.
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of idiophones
Anagrams
- Naasz, Sazan, azans, sazan
French
Noun
sanza f (plural sanzas)
- sanza
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsan.t͡sa/
- Rhymes: -antsa
- Hyphenation: sàn‧za
Etymology 1
Variant of senza frequently found in the ancient Florentine dialect. The en- → an- shift was partly an influence of French sans.
Preposition
sanza
- (obsolete, poetic) without
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il fico”, in Favole:
- Il fico stando sanza frutti nessuno lo riguardava; volendo, col fare essi frutti, essere laldato da li omini, fu da quelli piegato e rotto.
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Etymology 2
From Arabic صَنْج (ṣanj, “harpsichord”).
Noun
sanza f (plural sanze)
- Alternative form of sansa