sousaphone
SOO-zuh-fohn · noun
English
Origin
The sousaphone was named after American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa, combined with the suffix -phone.
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Journey
The name has simply stuck to this particular instrument since it was coined for Sousa.
Related words
The -phone ending links it to a family of sound-related words.