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Albogón (m)

(with) definite article: el
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Bagpipe (unknown type)

Identical types: 100

From Arabic البوق (al buq [horn / trumpet]); According to Sachs,"Old Spanish, from albogue"; Term used by Juan Ruiz (1st half 14th century); NB: In some Spanish dictionaries defined as "An instrument similar to the gaita gallega".

Albogue

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Albogon [sic]; »Ruiz).

Dictionaries, &c.

Diccionario de la lengua española, I (a/g), II (h/z). Real Academia Española, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), 2006 (22/5th printing), def. 2.

Vox: Diccionario general ilustrado de la lengua española. Barcelona, 1976 (2/2, corregida), def. 3.