| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| berimbau |
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| SYLLABICATION: | be·rim·bau |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -r  m bou |
| NOUN: | A musical instrument with a gourd resonator and a single steel wire stretched across a long pole or stick. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese, from Kimbundu mbi-rimbau : mbi-, n. pref. + -rimbau, berimbau.
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