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Definition of Katana
1. Noun. A type of Japanese longsword, ??? (?????, nihont?) having a single edge and slight curvature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Katana
1. a single edged samurai sword [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Katana
Literary usage of Katana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1888)
"Accordingly, a day or two before, the entire Syracusan force was marched out
towards katana, and encamped for the night on the river ..."
2. Greece: II. Grecian History to the Reign of Peisistratus at Athens by George Grote (1900)
"THE Athenian troops at katana, probably tired of inaction, were put in motion in
the early spring, even before the arrival of the reinforcements from Athens ..."
3. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"... cliff into the Sikel regions of the interior and from thence to katana, had
become impracticable." After all, the matter is not of any great ..."
4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1869)
"As the spring approached, Nikias transferred his position from Naxos to katana,
re-establishing that camp which the Syracusans had destroyed.2 He farther ..."
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