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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Italian
Origin: Old Provençal, probably from Medieval Latin vitula; FIDDLE1

viola

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
vi‧o‧la [countable]
1APM a wooden musical instrument that you play like a violin but that is larger and has a lower sound
2 a plant related to the violet
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