Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An African musical instrument which consists of a sounding-board of some hard wood with strips of iron, or occasionally bamboo, fastened to it so as to leave one end free to vibrate. The instrument is usually played by holding it in both hands and with the thumbs pressing down and releasing the keys, of which there are sometimes forty or more. Also called
zimba . - noun A musical instrument of percussion, resembling a tambourine.
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Examples
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Every evening one of the Batoka plays his "sansa," and continues at it until far into the night; he accompanies it with an extempore song, in which he rehearses their deeds ever since they left their own country.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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I've also had the sandisk 'sansa' mp3 player, a couple of cheapy chinese players, an mp3 CD player way back when; and they've all been fine to use, and all had their stupid/annoying issues too.
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I have a creative zen now but before this I had a sandisk sansa and I really liked it.
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I have been considering the sansa too (on the cheaper side money wise)
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I suggest you try and read the first part of the book,try googling sansa, we did that when my son was called up for a casting for Bran, he got a recall now we just wait, good luck, they all seemed very nice at the casting
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I was wondering has anyone else here auditioned for sansa and have they heard anything?
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It's almost like the far left is sansa at the "correct" book age, and the far right is the "aged up" sansa.
Our Poacher 2009
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Sounds better than an i-pod .. i think i'll get one of those instead of a sansa mp4 player.
‘Credit card’-sized MP3 player debuts from Creative | Sync Blog 2007
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Anonymous question, ive got an audition for sansa, and i dont know what she is like, what is she meant to look like and act like?
hernesheir commented on the word sansa
zimba
December 9, 2010