sanza

See also: Sanza

English

Noun

sanza (plural sanzas)

  1. (music) Any type of mbira (thumb piano, a plucked lamellophone) of Southern African origin.

See also
  • Appendix:Glossary of idiophones

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsan.t͡sa/, [ˈs̪än̪t̪͡s̪ä]
  • Stress: sànza
  • Hyphenation: san‧za

Etymology 1

Variant of senza frequently found in the ancient Florentine dialect. The en- → an- shift was partly an influence of French sans.

Preposition

sanza

  1. (obsolete, poetic) without

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَنْج‎ (ṣanj, “harpsichord”).

Noun

sanza f (plural sanze)

  1. Alternative form of sansa
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