guiera

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Istriot

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (confusion; quarrel).

Noun

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guiera f

  1. war
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
      I’ son stato a la guiera, a la batalgia,
      I have been to war, and to battle,