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malimba

noun
ma·lim·ba | \mə-ˈlim-bə \
variants: or less commonly marimba \mə-ˈrim-bə \
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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First Known Use of malimba

1834, in the meaning defined above

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