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DURANDANA

Specialty Definition: DURANDANA

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Durandana or Durindana. Orlando's sword, given him by his cousin Malagigi. It once belonged to Hector, and was made by the fairies. It could cleave the Pyrenees at a blow. N. B. - In French romance Orlando is called Roland, Malagigi Mangis, and the sword durandal or durindal (See Sword.)
"Nor plaited shield, nor tempered casque defends,
Where Durindana's trenchant edge descends."
Hoole: Orlando Furioso, book v. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: DURANDANA

Specialty definitions using "DURANDANA": RolandSword-makers. (references)

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Anagrams: DURANDANA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-d-n-n-r-u"

-3 letters: anuran, randan.

-4 letters: audad, ruana.

-5 letters: anna, aura, dada, darn, duad, dura, durn, naan, nada, nana, nard, nurd, rand, rudd.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DURANDANA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 55 52 41 4E 44 41 4E 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01010101 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000100 01000001 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0055 0052 0041 004E 0044 0041 004E 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

385552354838354835

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