sword-and-sandal

Of film, to features the exploits and adventures of ancient and biblical figures, as was prominent in Italy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Sword-and-sandal films dominated cinemas for a period after the second World War, but they were quashed halfway through the sixties by the Spaghetti Western.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oddmund	-	Norwegian
Josefina	ho-se-FEE-nah (Spanish), zhoo-zə-FEE-nə (Portuguese), yoo-se-FEE-nah (Swedish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish
Nirmala	neer-MAH-lah (Indonesian)	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali, Indonesian
Sexton	['sekstən]
'Avishay	-	Biblical Hebrew
Arda	-	Turkish