kan·te·le
| \ ˈkän-tə-lə
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Definition of kantele
: a traditional Finnish zither originally having five strings but now having as many as thirty
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“Kantele.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kantele. Accessed 30 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of kantele was circa 1903
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