Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aeolian harp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: ae-o-lian harp
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Aeolian harp.

Example Sentences

"1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt […] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices."

Etymology

Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds.

Inflected Forms

Aeolian harps (plural) æolian harp (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

wind harp aeolian lyre

Questions

What does aeolian harp mean?: An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.
Where does aeolian harp come from?: Refers to Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds.

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