chelandion
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Chelandion () was a Byzantine galley warship, a variant of the dromōn that also functioned as a cargo transport.
The term chelandion is derived from the Greek word kelēs, "courser", and first appeared during the early 8th century. In the medieval Latin used in Western Europe, it was rendered chelandium or scelandrium (and thence the 12th-century sandanum transport), while the Arabs rendered the name as shalandī (plural shalandiyyāt) and used it for a probably similar type of vessels in their own navies.
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