Usually means: Russian stringed instrument, triangular body.
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  1. balalaika: Merriam-Webster
  2. balalaika: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. balalaika: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. balalaika: Collins English Dictionary
  5. balalaika: Vocabulary.com
  6. Balalaika, balalaika: Wordnik
  7. balalaika: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Balalaika: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. balalaika: Wiktionary
  10. balalaika: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. balalaika: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. balalaika: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. balalaika: Dictionary.com
  14. balalaika: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Balalaika (Black Lagoon), Balalaika (Koharu Kusumi song), Balalaika (disambiguation), Balalaika (film), Balalaika (musical), Balalaika (song), Balalaika: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. balalaika: Rhymezone
  17. balalaika: FreeDictionary.org
  18. balalaika: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. balalaika: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. balalaika: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. balalaika: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. balalaika: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.

Similar:
balalayka, balalajka, balalaikist, gadulka, bandura, balaphone, gudok, zhaleika, balaban, banjo, more...

Adjectives:
russian, stringed, popular, new, old, tum

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    amber,     mahogany,     walnut,     oak,     maple, more...


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Similar:
balalayka, balalajka, balalaikist, gadulka, bandura, balaphone, gudok, zhaleika, balaban, banjo, more...

Adjectives:
russian, stringed, popular, new, old, tum

Colors:
    amber,     mahogany,     walnut,     oak,     maple, more...



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