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cin•que•de•a
(ching′kwi dē′ə, -dā′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Militaryan Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- Latin digitus; see digit)
- Italian, equivalent. to cinque five (
Latin quīnque) + dea (dialect, dialectal) fingers, akin to dito finger ( - 1895–1900