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tuba (n.)
1852 in reference to a modern, large, low-pitched brass musical instrument, from French
tuba
, from Latin
tuba
(plural
tubae
) "straight bronze war trumpet" (as opposed to the crooked
bucina
), related to
tubus
(see
tube
(n.)).