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ukulele , Hawaiian musical instrument developed from the Portuguese guitar. It has a fretted fingerboard and four strings that are plucked or strummed. Patented in 1917, the ukulele became popular in the United States in the 1920s. It is also spelled ukelele.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ukulele XIX. of Hawaiian orig.

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ukulele Small guitar, which developed in Hawaii from the Portuguese guitar. It is shaped like a classical guitar with a wooden body, round sound-hole and fretted fingerboard.

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