Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schiavona

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schi-avona
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

schiavonas (plural)

Questions

What does schiavona mean?: A type of sword with a basket-shaped guard, popular during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Where does schiavona come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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