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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɔːɹə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkoɹə/
• 韻: -ɔːɹə
• Homophone: Cora

名詞

kora (plural koras)

1. (music) A type of harp or lute played in West Africa.
   • 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times‎:

     He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

   • 2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 172:

     Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jali's song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.

派生語

• koraist

Further reading

• kora (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• akro-, okra