mantua
IPA: mˈæntʃuʌ
Root Word: Mantua
noun
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.
- A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
- A village in Ohio.
- An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
- (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
- (obsolete) A woman's gown.
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Examples of "mantua" in Sentences
- Born to a poor family in Mantua.
- The lady on the right wears a mantua.
- Mantua never recovered from this disaster.
- A rabbi at Mantua in the sixteenth century.
- Mantua is home to the Gonzaga family's mansion.
- He painted the cupola of the cathedral of Mantua.
- Mantua is a neighborhood located in est Philadelphia.
- Also called a mantua maker historically or a modiste.
- It was published for the first time in Mantua in 1557.
- The action was part of the third relief of the Siege of Mantua.
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