kampilan

noun

kam·​pi·​lan

variants or campilan

kämˈpēˌlän

plural -s

: a long straight-edged sheathed cutlass broadening toward the point that is used by the Moro peoples of Mindanao and Sulu

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Tagalog kampilan

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