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Now I know a Banjo is a musical instrument, but I wonder how it got its name?
It's from a dialect version of bandore 'a musical instrument'. Spanish or Portuguese, (and other Romance languages, e.g., Italian mandola, mandolina) < Greek πανδοῦρα, πανδυρίς (pandoura, panduris) 'a 3-stringed lute'. Conincidentally, I am listen to music on Pandora.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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