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machaira

machaira is the alternative spelling of makhaira.

Meaning of makhaira

Noun

makhaira (plural makhairas)

  1. (historical) A type of sword with a backwards curve, originating in Ancient Greece

Forms of machaira

pluralmachairas

Questions about machaira

What is machaira the alternative spelling of?
Machaira is the alternative spelling of makhaira.

Words near machaira in the dictionary

  1. machaeridian
  2. machaeridians
  3. machaerotid
  4. machaerotids
  5. machair
  6. machaira
  7. machairas
  8. machairodont
  9. machairodontid
  10. machairodontids
  11. machairodontine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: machaira (page history and authors); makhaira (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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