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From Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king in chess”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”).
- IPA(key): /ˈskak.ko/
- Rhymes: -akko
- Hyphenation: scàc‧co
scacco m (plural scacchi)
- chess piece, chessman
- square (chess)
- check
- (in the plural) chess
