Aeolian harp

aeolian harp æolian harp English thumb|An oak Aeolian harp. Alternative forms en æolian harp archaic en aeolian harp Etymology Refers to Aeolus (son of Hippotes) Aeolus, who in Greek mythology was said to control the winds. Noun en musical instrument An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them. 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, 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. Synonyms en wind harp Translations type of harp Bulgarian: bg еолова арфа f Chinese: zh 风弦琴 Dutch: nl aeolusharp f, nl eolusharp, nl windharp Esperanto: eo eolharpo Finnish: fi tuulikannel, fi aioloksenharppu French: fr harpe éolienne f, fr harpe à vent f, fr harpe d'Éole f, fr éoli-harpe f archaic, fr éole-harpe f archaic, fr harpe éolique f rare German: de Äolsharfe f Hungarian: hu aeolhárfa Icelandic: is vindharpa f Irish: ga cláirseach Aeólach f Italian: it arpa eolia f Japanese: ja エオリアン・ハープ Macedonian: mk eолска харфа f Polish: pl harfa eolska f Portuguese: pt harpa eólica f Russian: ru эо́лова а́рфа f Spanish: es arpa eólica f Ukrainian: uk еолова арфа f See also Appendix:Glossary of chordophones References n 2506475930