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cimbalom

Summary

cimbalom is a type of musical instrument[1]. cimbalom draws 904 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #77 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • cimbalom's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • cimbalom is a type of percussion instrument[4].
  • cimbalom's Commons category is recorded as Cimbalom[5].
  • cimbalom's said to be the same as is recorded as tsymbaly[6].
  • cimbalom's country of origin is recorded as Hungary[7].
  • cimbalom's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cimbalom[8].
  • cimbalom's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • cimbalom's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[10].
  • cimbalom's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • cimbalom's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • cimbalom's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • cimbalom's used by is recorded as cimbalom player[14].
  • cimbalom's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 314.122-4[15].

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Definition and Type

cimbalom's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. cimbalom is a type of percussion instrument[4].

Use and Application

cimbalom's used by is recorded as cimbalom player[14].

Influence

Things named for cimbalom include Țambula[16], a village[17], in Moldova[18].

Why It Matters

cimbalom draws 904 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #77 of 399).[2] cimbalom has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] cimbalom is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for cimbalom include Țambula[16], a village[17], in Moldova[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Topic's main category Category:Cimbalom
    Subclass of percussion instrument
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