Usually means: Traditional African musical instrument, thumb.
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  1. mbira: Merriam-Webster
  2. mbira: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mbira: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mbira: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mbira: Wordnik
  6. mbira: Wiktionary
  7. mbira: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. mbira: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mbira: Dictionary.com
  10. Mbira: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. mbira: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. mbira: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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  1. Mbira (rewrite), mbira: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (mbira)

noun:  (music) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.

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