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Gaita* (f)

(with) definite article: la

bagpipe term also used for other aerophones

Identical types: 45

NOT a bagpipe, but a homonym, used for a shawm (other names: Dolzaina, Donzaina, Dulzaina, &c.).

Sources

Anonymous: Orígenes y nombres de Gaitas [shawms]. In: A.G.A. 8 (1995), p.8.

Blecua Vitales, Martín & Mir Tierz, Pedro: La gaita de boto aragonesa. Zaragoza, 1998, p.15.