schiavona

English
schiavona

Etymology

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.

Noun

schiavona (plural schiavonas)

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

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