Kinura

noun

Ki·​nu·​ra

kə̇ˈnu̇rə

plural Kinuras

: a reed stop of bright nasal tone used in theater organs often for comic effects

Word History

Etymology

probably irregular from Greek kinyra, a kind of lyre, from Hebrew kinnōr

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