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Word: Balafon
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via French from Manding bala ‘xylophone’ + fo ‘to play’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbaləfɒn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large xylophone with hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music.
Short Definition:large xylophone with hollow gourds as resonators
