cittern

plucked string instrument
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cittern

Summary

cittern is a type of musical instrument[1]. cittern draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #130 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • cittern's image is recorded as Cistre, s. XVI, MDMB 331.jpg[3].
  • cittern's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • cittern's GND ID is recorded as 4148045-4[5].
  • cittern's subclass of is recorded as Plucked string instrument[6].
  • cittern's subclass of is recorded as necked lute[7].
  • cittern's Commons category is recorded as Cittern[8].
  • cittern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vlg9[9].
  • cittern's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300042020[10].
  • cittern's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0090812[11].
  • cittern's MusicBrainz instrument ID is recorded as 7b935bb5-798b-43bd-92ad-85511a132e44[12].
  • cittern's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • cittern's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/cittern[14].
  • cittern's used by is recorded as cittern player[15].
  • cittern's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.322-5[16].
  • cittern's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.321-5[17].
  • cittern's different from is recorded as zither[18].
  • cittern's different from is recorded as sitar[19].
  • cittern's different from is recorded as sistrum[20].
  • cittern's indigenous to is recorded as Europe[21].
  • cittern's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 5366166[22].
  • cittern's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as cistre[23].
  • cittern's Treccani ID is recorded as cetra[24].
  • cittern's MIMO instrument ID is recorded as 3106[25].
  • cittern's MIMO instrument ID is recorded as 3102[26].
  • cittern's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as citterns[27].

Why It Matters

cittern draws 219 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #130 of 399).[2] cittern has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cittern is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cittern. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cittern
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cittern_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cittern}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cittern}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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