SINCE 1828
malimba
noun
ma·lim·ba
| \ mə-ˈlim-bə
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variants:
or less commonly marimba \ mə-ˈrim-bə
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plural malimbas
also marimbas
Definition of malimba
: a small thumb piano of Tanzania or Malawi
… box-resonated lamellophones such as … the malimba …— Gerhard Kubik, Theory of African Music, 1994
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