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schiavona

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From Italian. So named because the sword was popular among the Schiavoni (Slavs), Istrian and Dalmatian Slavs who formed the bodyguard of the Doge of Venice.

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schiavona (plural schiavonas)

  1. A type of sword with a basket-shaped guard, popular during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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