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Tambura may refer to:
Musical string instruments
- Tanbur, a category of long-necked, string instrument originating in the Southern or Central Asia (Mesopotamia and Persia/Iran)
- Tamboori, an Indian melodic instrument similar to a Tanpura
- Tanpura, a stringed drone instrument played in India
- Kurdish tanbur, used in Yarsan rituals
- Turkish tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
- Yaylı tambur, an instrument played in Turkey
- Tanbūra (lyre), an instrument played in East Africa and the Middle East
- Tambura saz, string instrument from the Bağlama family from Turkey
- Balkan tambura, an instrument used in the Balkan region (primarily used in Bulgaria)
- Tamburica, any member of a family of long-necked lutes popular in Eastern and Central Europe
- Tambouras, an instrument played in Greece
Other
- Tambura River, Romania
- Tumbura, a town in South Sudan
- Tumbura Airport, an airport serving the above town
- Tambur, an old name for Hemşin, a town in Rize Province, Turkey
- "Tambura", a hidden track from P.O.D.'s album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
See also
- Bandura, a Ukrainian instrument
- Dombra, an instrument in Kazakhstan, Siberia and Afghanistan
- Domra, a Russian instrument
- Pandura, an instrument played in Ancient Greece and other ancient civilisations from the Mediterranean basin
- Tambora (disambiguation)
- Tambourine (disambiguation)