Many species of animals - the woolly mammoth, mastodon, scimitar cat, Arctic camel, brown bear, moose, muskox, and horse — to name a few — moved from one continent to the other across the Bering land bridge.
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Scimitar
//ˈsɪmɪtəɹ//
Synonyms for "scimitar" (2 found)
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83 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ξιφοδρέπανον noun (sword with curved blade)
- σαμψήρα noun (sword with curved blade)
Arabic
1 entries- سَيْف noun (sword with curved blade)
Bengali
4 entries- তরোয়াল noun (sword with curved blade)
- তলোয়ার noun (sword with curved blade)
- তেগ noun (sword with curved blade)
- শমশের noun (sword with curved blade)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ятаган noun (sword with curved blade)
Catalan
1 entries- simitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 彎刀 /弯刀 noun (sword with curved blade)
Czech
4 entries- turecká šavle noun (sword with curved blade)
- šamšír noun (sword with curved blade)
- šavle noun (sword with curved blade)
- šimitar noun (sword with curved blade)
Danish
1 entries- krumsabel noun (sword with curved blade)
Dutch
2 entries- kromsabel noun (sword with curved blade)
- kromzwaard noun (sword with curved blade)
Finnish
1 entries- käyräsapeli noun (sword with curved blade)
French
1 entries- cimeterre noun (sword with curved blade)
Galician
1 entries- cimitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
German
2 entries- Krummsäbel noun (sword with curved blade)
- Scimitar noun (sword with curved blade)
Gujarati
2 entries- શમશેર noun (sword with curved blade)
- સમશેર noun (sword with curved blade)
Hindi
4 entries- असि noun (sword with curved blade)
- करंड noun (sword with curved blade)
- कृपाण noun (sword with curved blade)
- खंग noun (sword with curved blade)
Hungarian
1 entries- handzsár noun (sword with curved blade)
Icelandic
1 entries- bjúgsverð noun (sword with curved blade)
Ido
1 entries- cimitaro noun (sword with curved blade)
Irish
1 entries- simeatár noun (sword with curved blade)
Italian
1 entries- scimitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
Japanese
2 entries- シミター noun (sword with curved blade)
- 弯刀 noun (sword with curved blade)
Korean
1 entries- 시미타 noun (sword with curved blade)
Latin
2 entries- acīnacēs noun (sword with curved blade)
- cymithārra noun (sword with curved blade)
Macedonian
2 entries- анџар noun (sword with curved blade)
- јатаган noun (sword with curved blade)
Maltese
1 entries- ximitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شمشیر noun (sword with curved blade)
Persian
4 entries- تیغ noun (sword with curved blade)
- دشنه noun (sword with curved blade)
- شمشیر noun (sword with curved blade)
- پلارک noun (sword with curved blade)
Polish
1 entries- bułat noun (sword with curved blade)
Portuguese
1 entries- cimitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ੀਰ noun (sword with curved blade)
- ਸ਼ੁਮਸ਼ੇਰ noun (sword with curved blade)
Romanian
1 entries- iatagan noun (sword with curved blade)
Russian
4 entries- крива́я са́бля noun (sword with curved blade)
- скимита́р noun (sword with curved blade)
- сцимита́р noun (sword with curved blade)
- ятага́н noun (sword with curved blade)
Sanskrit
1 entries- असि noun (sword with curved blade)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- claidheamh crom noun (sword with curved blade)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hàndžār noun (sword with curved blade)
- ха̀нџа̄р noun (sword with curved blade)
Slovene
1 entries- handžar noun (sword with curved blade)
Spanish
1 entries- cimitarra noun (sword with curved blade)
Swahili
1 entries- kitara noun (sword with curved blade)
Swedish
1 entries- kroksabel noun (sword with curved blade)
Tamil
2 entries- கத்தி noun (sword with curved blade)
- வக்கிரகட்கம் noun (sword with curved blade)
Telugu
1 entries- ఖడ్గము noun (sword with curved blade)
Tulu
1 entries- ತಲ್ವಾರ್ noun (sword with curved blade)
Turkish
1 entries- yatağan (yataghan) noun (sword with curved blade)
Urdu
1 entries- شمشیر noun (sword with curved blade)
Welsh
1 entries- cleddyf cam noun (sword with curved blade)
Yiddish
1 entries- סצימיטאַר noun (sword with curved blade)
Sample sentences
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The Prince of Morocco: […]By this Symitare, That ſlew the Sophie, and a Perſian Prince That won three fields of Sultan Solyman, I would ore-ſtare the ſterneſt eies that looke, Out-braue the heart moſt daring on the earth: Plucke the yong ſucking Cubs from the ſhe Beare, Yea, mocke the Lion when he rors for pray To win the Ladie. […]
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Next door is a room devoted to Albanian history (“what a lovely scimitar,” I find myself exclaiming, my reserves of small talk inadequate at the sight of the family’s sword collection),[…]
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