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Noun Concept
Categories: Early musical instruments, Guitar family instruments, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Necked box lutes, Medieval musical instruments
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cittern  cithern  cither  citole  gittern
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A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings WordNet 3.0
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A 16th century musical instrument resembling a guitar with a pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The cittern or cithren is a stringed instrument dating from the Renaissance. Wikipedia
The gittern was a relatively small gut-strung, round-backed instrument that first appears in literature and pictorial representation during the 13th century in Western Europe. Wikipedia
The citole was a string musical instrument, closely associated with the medieval fiddles and commonly used from 1200–1350. Wikipedia
A medieval string instrument Wikipedia Disambiguation
Plucked string instrument Wikidata
Medieval necked bowl lute Wikidata
Medieval lute Wikidata
A string instrument which is mainly used in the German-speaking part of Europe. OmegaWiki
An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings. Wiktionary
A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets. Wiktionary
Instrument similar to a mandolin. Wiktionary (translation)
A small, quill-plucked, gut-strung musical instrument, most commonly with three to four strings in doubles courses; it is a flat-backed predecessor of the guitar, and it originated around the 13th century, coming to Europe via Moorish Spain. Wiktionary
IS A
guitar
plucked string instrument
HAS KIND
waldzither
Cithrinchen
ceterone
DIFFERENT FROM
zither
sitar
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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cittern, cithern, cither, citole, gittern
Wikipedia
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citole, cittern, gittern
Wikidata
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citole, cittern, gittern
Wiktionary
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citole, cittern, gittern
OmegaWiki
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cither, cittern, zither
Wikipedia Redirections
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Chitarino, Chitarrino, Cister, Cistre, cither, Cithern, Citherns, cithren, citterns, cytiole, cytole, Gytern, Gyterns, gytolle, Quintern, quinterne, Quiterne, sytole, Theorbized cittern, Zister, Zitole, Zitter, Zitôle
Wikidata Alias
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cithren

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