SINCE 1828
zanza
noun
zan·za
| \
ˈzanzə \
variants:
or
sansa
\ˈsan(t)sə
\
or less commonly
zanze
\ˈzanzə
\
plural -s
Definition of zanza
: 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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