UKULELE - significado y definición. Qué es UKULELE
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  • Ukuleles in a music store
  • A view of the soundhole and label of a ukulele made by Louis Viohl & Sons in Flushing, Queens, New York sometime in the 1920s: Albert Louis Viohl emigrated to the U.S. in the 1860s and started the Empire workshop in 1883, where he made various stringed musical instruments, including guitars and mandolins. Both of his sons joined the family business, and in 1902, Louis, Jr., took over running it (August was the other son), and added ukuleles to the catalogue in the late 1910s to the 1920s.

ukulele         
also ukelele (ukuleles)
A ukulele is a small guitar with four strings.
N-COUNT
ukulele         
[?ju:k?'le?li]
¦ noun a small four-stringed guitar of Hawaiian origin.
Origin
C19: from Hawaiian, lit. 'jumping flea'.
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Wikipedia

Ukulele

The ukulele ( YOO-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ], approximately OO-koo-LEH-leh), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings.

The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone.

Ejemplos de pronunciación para UKULELE
1. ukulele.
Ukulele Virtuoso _ Jake Shimabukuro _ Talks at Google
2. first ukuleles.
Grand Ukulele _ Jake Shimabukuro _ Talks at Google
3. the ukulele.
Live Discussion Jane Fonda & Gloria Steinem _ Talks at Google
4. Ukulele Ike.
Ukulele Heroes - The Golden Age _ Ian Whitcomb _ Talks at Google
5. the ukulele.
Ukulele Heroes - The Golden Age _ Ian Whitcomb _ Talks at Google
Ejemplos de uso de UKULELE
1. King‘s Theatre (0131–473 2000), August 15–24. 47 Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The tux–clad ukulele band celebrate 20 years in the business by reworking punk hits such as Teenage Kicks and Oh Bondage Up Yours.
2. His father gave him a ukulele to learn to play guitar.
3. Morales, right, presents Rice with a coca–decorated ukulele But there were warm greetings between Mr Morales and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when they met in March – with Mr Morales even presenting Ms Rice with a charango (a Bolivian ukulele) – decorated with lacquered coca leaves.
4. She and Miller also recruited a local ukulele player to sing "Mele Kalikimaka" (the Hawaiian translation for "Merry Christmas") on camera.
5. His mother taught him to play the ukulele, the accordion and the mother–of–pearl banjo his grandfather had brought back from a sea voyage.