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Nazard

noun
Na·zard
variants: or less commonly Nasard \nəˈzär(d) \
plural Nazards also Nasards

Definition of Nazard 

: an organ mutation stop with metal pipes that sounds the twelfth above the fundamental tone

— called also Nasat

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History and Etymology for Nazard

French, from nazard, nasard, having a nasal sound, from Latin nasus nose

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