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mantua

/ˈmæntʃuə/

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What does mantua mean?

noun

  1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.

proper noun

  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. City and capital of Mantua.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
  2. A village in Ohio.
  3. A village in Utah.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
  2. (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
  3. (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.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
Pontmercy saw Wurmser at Mantua, Mélas, and Alexandria, Mack at Ulm, made prisoners in succession.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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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.
Charles DickensPictures from ItalyProject Gutenberg ebook #650
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.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566