Usually means: Ancient stringed instrument resembling lyre.
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  1. cithara: Merriam-Webster
  2. cithara: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cithara: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cithara: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cithara: Wordnik
  6. cithara: Wiktionary
  7. cithara: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cithara (kithara): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cithara: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Cithara, cithara: Dictionary.com
  11. Cithara: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cithara: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. cithara: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Cithara: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. cithara: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cithara: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cithara)

▸ noun:  (music) An ancient Greek stringed instrument, which could be considered a forerunner of the guitar.

Similar:
kithara, citharode, cithren, cithern, cither, cymbalo, crotalo, cittern, ceterone, guitar cello, more...

Opposite:
lyre, harp, lute

Adjectives:
stringed, greek, ancient, latin, roman, large, keyed, asiatic, doric, small

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Similar:
kithara, citharode, cithren, cithern, cither, cymbalo, crotalo, cittern, ceterone, guitar cello, more...

Opposite:
lyre, harp, lute

Adjectives:
stringed, greek, ancient, latin, roman, large, keyed, asiatic, doric, small



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