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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Italian
Origin: violino, from viola; VIOLA

violin

 noun
     
violin
vi‧o‧lin [countable]
APM a small wooden musical instrument that you hold under your chin and play by pulling a bow (=special stick) across the strings
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