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divje babe flute

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-v-je babe flute
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes, dating from the Late Pleistocene era, that was found in 1995 at the Divje Babe archeological park located near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. It has been suggested that it was made by Neanderthals as a form of musical instrument, and as such it is possibly the world's oldest known musical instrument.

Inflected Forms

the Divje Babe flute (canonical)

Phrases

Ljubljana Marshes Wheel

Frequently Paired Words

Ljubljana Marshes Wheel

Questions

What does divje babe flute mean?
A cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes, dating from the Late Pleistocene era, that was found in 1995 at the Divje Babe archeological park located near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. It has been suggested that it was made by Neanderthals as a form of musical instrument, and as such it is possibly the world's oldest known musical instrument.

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