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mantua
/ˈmæntʃuə/
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What does mantua mean?
noun
- An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
proper noun
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
- A village in Ohio.
- A village in Utah.
noun
- (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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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmæntʃuə/
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Six vessels, laden with cannon and ordnance-stores for the siege of Mantua, sailed from Toulon for St. Pier d'Arena.
Pontmercy saw Wurmser at Mantua, Mélas, and Alexandria, Mack at Ulm, made prisoners in succession.
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If so, the Apothecary was a man in advance of his time, and knew what Mantua would be, in eighteen hundred and forty-four.
I brought my master news of Juliet’s death, And then in post he came from Mantua To this same place, to this same monument.
The offended Pope sported, in pompous processions and idle anathemas, with the embarrassments of Ferdinand, and instead of the desired subsidy he was shown the devastation of Mantua.