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BANDORA

Volume 2 · 78 words · 1778 Edition

the capital of the island of Salset, on the west coast of the peninsula on this side of the Ganges. It is separated from the island of Bombay by a narrow channel, and subject to the Portuguese. E. Lon. 72° 30'. N. Lat. 19° 0'.

Bandora is also the name of an ancient musical instrument, with strings, resembling a lute. See Lute.

BANDY-LEGGED Persons are such whose feet are distorted, turning either inward or outward on either side.