Definitions for sambucas

sambucas sam·bu·ca

Spelling: [sam-byoo-kuh]
IPA: /sæmˈbyu kə/

Sambucas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in sambucas (aabcmssu).

Definitions for sambucas

noun

  1. Also, sambuke [sam-byook] /ˈsæm byuk/ (Show IPA). an ancient stringed musical instrument used in Greece and the Near East.
  2. a medieval hurdy-gurdy.
  3. a licorice-flavored Italian liqueur made from elderberries.

Origin of sambucas

1350-1400; Middle English sambuke Latin sambūca Greek sambȳ́kē perhaps Semitic; compare Aramaic sabbəkhā

Examples for sambucas

A man with a table, sambuca and Acqua-vita bottles on it, and wee glasses, one cent a drink: melodrama.

Among them are the Psaltery of various shapes, the sambuca or sackbut, the single and double Chorus, &c.

The sambuca seems to have been a large harp, which rested on the ground, like the harps of the Egyptians.

Word Value for sambucas
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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