Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large, harplike instrument of West African origin, consisting of a hollow resonator attached to a long, notched bridge and having 21 strings that are plucked with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
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- noun music A type of
harp played inWest Africa .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. DIABATE: Yes, the kora was a gift from God to me.
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SESAY: Diabate says the kora is a fixture in its family going back generations.
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Mr. DIABATE: Yes, the kora was a gift from God to me.
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He's a Senegalese griot who plays the kora, which is basically a harp made from a honkin' big calabash with a stick rammed through it.
Music, Ho Ho Walter Jon Williams 2007
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He's a Senegalese griot who plays the kora, which is basically a harp made from a honkin' big calabash with a stick rammed through it.
Archive 2007-09-01 Walter Jon Williams 2007
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(A kora is a 21-string harp-like instrument that creates a defining African sound.)
Showtime in the Sahara Freston, Tom 2007
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(A kora is a 21-string harp-like instrument that creates a defining African sound.)
Showtime in the Sahara Freston, Tom 2007
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The rest of the concert was explicitly about the harp, and pre-eminently the Malian harp-lute known as the kora.
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The kora is a 21-string harp with a large, resonating gourd as its base.
Baltimore City Paper 2010
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The kora is a 21-string harp with a large, resonating gourd as its base.
Baltimore City Paper 2010
vanishedone commented on the word kora
BBC: 'Toumani Diabate plays the kora, or West African harp'.
October 23, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word kora
Additional usage on chordophone.
November 3, 2008