Type of sabre widely used in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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The word "karabela" does not have well-established
etymology, and different versions are suggested.[2]
Zygmunt Gloger suggests derivation from the name of the
Iraqi city of
Karbala, known for trade of this kind of sabres.[3]
Another suggestion is that the name originated in Turkey, associated with the Turkish town Karabel, in the vicinity of
İzmir, or the Karabel district in
Crimea.[4]