Zamboja (f)
(with) definite article: laPossibly a corruption of Greek συμφωνία (Symfonia [Latin: Symphonia]); According to Kuhač, "The Italians, descendants of the Romans, discarded the old Latin names of the bagpipe (chorus and utricularis), and the terms cornamusa and zamboja [sic] took their place"; NB: ➺ similar & related terms.
Kuhač, Franjo Š. [Šaver]: Prilog za poviest glasbe južnoslovjenske: Gajde [Contribution to the history of South Slavic music: Bagpipes]. In: Rad jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, knjiga L (Zagreb, 1879), p.73 (zam- boja).
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