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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Old French quarregnon, from Late Latin quaternio 'set of four'

carillon

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
car‧ill‧on [countable]
APM a set of bells in a tower that are controlled from a piano keyboard, or a tune played on these bells
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