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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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
schiavona
Today it means: A type of sword with a basket-shaped guard, popular during the 16th and 17th centuries. Full definition →