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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ban•jo /ˈbændʒoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -jos, -joes. - Music and Dancea stringed musical instrument with a neck, a round body, and a front of tightly stretched parchment.
ban•jo•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ban•jo (ban′jō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -jos, -joes. - Music and Dancea musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- 1730–40; compare Jamaican English banja, bonjour, bangil, Brazilian Portuguese banza; probably of African origin, originally; compare Kimbundu mbanza a plucked string instrument
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