Usually means: Traditional Finnish plucked string instrument.
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  1. kantele: Merriam-Webster
  2. kantele: Collins English Dictionary
  3. kantele: Wordnik
  4. kantele: Wiktionary
  5. Kantele: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. kantele: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  7. kantele: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (kantele)

noun:  (music) A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.

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