What Does Buzukia Mean?

The bouzouki, also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and a long neck with a fretted fingerboard.

What does the word bouzouki mean?

bouzouki. / (buːˈzuːkɪ) / noun. a Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin.

What is the Greek string instrument?

Bouzouki, also spelled buzuki, long-necked plucked lute of Greece. Resembling a mandolin, the bouzouki has a round wooden body, with metal strings arranged in three or four double courses over a fretted fingerboard. ... Since gaining a wider audience, the bouzouki has become the major popular-music instrument of Greece.

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