MANTUA

mantua

(noun) loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mantua (plural mantuas)

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.

Anagrams

• tamanu

Etymology

Proper noun

Mantua

Province of Lombardy, Italy.

City and capital of Mantua.

Anagrams

• tamanu

Source: Wiktionary


Man"tu*a, n.

1. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.] Beck (Draper's Dict.).

2. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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