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gingras
I need help in translating Flaubert's Herodias.The word "gingras" appears and I can't find it in any dictionary. It's a musical instrument.
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According to this source, "the Phoenicians used a kind of flute called a gingras":
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3vkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA279&dq...
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