GAMELAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gamelan" is a kind of...):

ensemble (a group of musicians playing or singing together)

Domain region:

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)

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