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zanza
noun
zan·za
\ˈzanzə\
variants: or
sansa
\ˈsan(t)sə\ less commonlyzanze
\ˈzanzə\Definition of zanza
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: an African musical instrument consisting of graduated sets of tongues of wood or metal inserted into and resonated by a wooden box and sounded by plucking with the fingers or thumbs
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Origin and Etymology of zanza
Arabic ṣanj castanets, cymbals, from Persian sanj
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