BANJO
What does "BANJO" mean?
A stringed instrument with a round, drum-like body and a long fretted neck.
Meanings
- A plucked string instrument with a circular body covered by a stretched membrane, typically four or five strings, central to American folk and bluegrass music. He picked out a fast roll on the banjo while the fiddle came in.
Did you know?
- The banjo, now an icon of American country and bluegrass, has African roots: enslaved Africans built its early gourd-bodied ancestors from West African plucked-string instruments.
Word origin
An American English word of African origin, likely from a Kongo or West African term such as 'mbanza' for a similar plucked instrument; carried to the Americas by enslaved Africans.
Remember it
BANJO = BAN + JO: imagine a 'BAN' on quiet, because the round-bodied banjo brings the JOy and the noise.
A little poem
Skin stretched on a ring-
five strings spill a porch of sound
older than its tune.
haiku
Wordplay
- What's the difference between a banjo and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline.
What it teaches
An instrument can outrun its own history into a new home and still carry the old country in its strings.
Quick facts
What does BANJO mean?
A stringed instrument with a round, drum-like body and a long fretted neck.
Is BANJO a valid word?
Yes — BANJO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BANJO?
BANJO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does BANJO come from?
An American English word of African origin, likely from a Kongo or West African term such as 'mbanza' for a similar plucked instrument; carried to the Americas by enslaved Africans.
What can BANJO teach us?
An instrument can outrun its own history into a new home and still carry the old country in its strings.
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