schiavona

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounschiavona (plural schiavonas)

plural schiavonas

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

Origin

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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APA

schiavona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schiavona

MLA

“schiavona.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schiavona. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schiavona,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schiavona.

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