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TIL the ukulele was invented in Madeira, Portugal—not in Hawaii—but the name “ukulele” likely was an old Hawaiian word meaning “jumping flea,” because “ “Hawaiians have a way of playing all over the strings.”

https://ukulelemagazine.com/stories/the-birth-of-the-ukulele
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