bajan
/ˈbeɪd͡ʒən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.06 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Barbadian.
name
A surname.
adj
noun
Alternative form of bayan (“type of accordion”).
Example Sentences
- "A faction recalled Duke mentioning Bajan ancestry at some point, which lent credence to the tale."
- "Sinfonietta for orch and two bajans (Russian accordions)."
- "[…] kruglolitsa” with an accompaniment by balalajkas, domras and a bajan."
- "[…] the Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, a three-quarter-of-an-hour work for a massively outsized orchestra, an ensemble of bajans (accordions), an extra brass group, a collection of percussion, chorus, and, very briefly, a narrator who represents the voice of Lenin making a stirring announcement through a megaphone, here dramatically read by Gennady Rozhdenstvensky."
- "Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Trio Voronezh playing piano, trombone and Russian folk instruments: the double-bass balalaika (a large triangular instrument), the domra (a short-necked lute), and a bajan (a button accordion, partially operated with the chin)."
- "accordion or bajan solo"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
Bajan English
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