Recent Examples on the WebMeanwhile, hundreds of commenters took to Quinto’s most recent Instagram post, a video of him playing the banjo, to leave heated opinions about his behavior.—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 Both sides of my family played music skillfully: instrumentalists of the banjo, piano, and organ existed on my mother’s side, while my father’s relatives had played the piano, violin, and other stringed instruments.—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024 The museum has an 1845 banjo by Boucher in its collection.—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024 Unlike the banjo, which was created in the New World by enslaved Africans and their descendants, the dulcimer has fuzzy beginnings.—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for banjo
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Word History
Etymology
probably of African origin; akin to Kimbundu mbanza, a similar instrument
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