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Katana
This is one of those words that's not going to have any synonyms, or much of an etymology, because it's actually a word from a foreign language, that has been used commonly enough in English, it's been adopted. Like Ninja.
ka·ta·na [kəˈtänə] n. a curved, single-edged sword that is the longer of a pair worn by the Japanese samurai
Synonyms: there are no direct synonyms of katana, but some related words are wakizashi, tanto, okatana, and nodachi
Etymology: 1610s, from Japanese.
See? Not much of an etymology, eh? Still, it's an awesome word, and history's greatest sword.
