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Definitions for mantua
ˈmæn tʃu ə; ˈmɑn tɔ vɑman·tu·a
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Princeton's WordNet
mantuanoun
loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
Wiktionary
Mantuanoun
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
Mantuanoun
City and capital of Mantua.
He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. uE00098122uE001 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
mantuanoun
An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
Etymology: From manteuil
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mantuanoun
A lady’s gown.
Etymology: this is perhaps corrupted from manteau, Fr.
Not Cynthia, when her mantua ’s pinn’d awry,
E’er felt such rage, resentment, and despair,
As thou, sad virgin! for thy ravish’d hair. Alexander Pope.How naturally do you apply your hands to each other’s lappets, ruffles, and mantua s. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Mantua
Mantua ( MAN-tew-ə; Italian: Mantova [ˈmantova] (listen); Lombard and Latin: Mantua) is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the European Capital of Gastronomy, included in the Eastern Lombardy District (together with the cities of Bergamo, Brescia, and Cremona). In 2008, Mantua's centro storico (old town) and Sabbioneta were declared by UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family has made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole. Having one of the most splendid courts of Europe of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and early seventeenth centuries. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and the medieval and Renaissance cityscape. It is the city where the composer Monteverdi premiered his opera L'Orfeo and to where Romeo was banished in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is the nearest town to the birthplace of the Roman poet Virgil, who is commemorated by a statue at the lakeside park "Piazza Virgiliana". Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes, created during the 12th century as the city's defence system. These lakes receive water from the Mincio River, a tributary of the Po River which descends from Lake Garda. The three lakes are called Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore ("Upper", "Middle", and "Lower" Lakes, respectively). A fourth lake, Lake Pajolo, which once served as a defensive water ring around the city, dried up at the end of the 18th century. The area and its environs are important not only in naturalistic terms, but also anthropologically and historically; research has highlighted a number of human settlements scattered between Barche di Solferino and Bande di Cavriana, Castellaro and Isolone del Mincio. These dated, without interruption, from Neolithic times (5th–4th millennium BC) to the Bronze Age (2nd–1st millennium BC) and the Gallic phases (2nd–1st centuries BC), and ended with Roman residential settlements, which could be traced to the 3rd century AD. In 2017, Legambiente ranked Mantua as the best Italian city for the quality of the life and environment.
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mantua
A mantua is a type of loose-fitting gown or robe worn by women, primarily in the late 17th and 18th centuries. It was initially designed as an informal dress before becoming more stylized and elaborate, turning into a formal wear in the European courts.
Webster Dictionary
Mantuanoun
a superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy
Mantuanoun
a woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown
Wikidata
Mantua
Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family made it one of the main artistic, cultural, and especially musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera, and the city is known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and medieval and Renaissance cityscape. It is the nearest town to the birthplace of the Roman poet Virgil. It is also the town to which Romeo was banished in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century. These receive the waters of the river Mincio, a tributary of the Po which descends from Lake Garda. The three lakes are called Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore. A fourth lake, Lake Pajolo, which once completed a defensive water ring of the city, dried up at the end of the 18th century. The area and its environs are not only important in naturalistic terms, but also anthropologically and historically; research has highlighted a number of human settlements scattered between Barche di Solferino and Bande di Cavriana Castellaro and Isolone del Mincio. These date, without interruption, from Neolithic times to the Bronze Age, the Gallic phases and end with Roman residential settlements, which can be dated to the 3rd century AD.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Mantua
man′tū-a, n. a lady's cloak or mantle: a lady's gown—(Scot.) Mant′y.—n. Man′tua-mak′er, a maker of ladies' gowns and dresses. [Prob. arose through confusion of manteau (It. manto) with Mantua, in Italy.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Mantua
the strongest fortress in Italy, in SE. Lombardy, on two islands in the river Mincio, 83 m. E. of Milan, is a somewhat gloomy and unhealthy town, with many heavy mediæval buildings; there are saltpetre refineries, weaving and tanning industries. Virgil was born here in 70 B.C. The town was Austrian in the 18th century, but ceded to Italy 1866.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
mantua
A fortified city of Northern Italy, 22 miles southwest from Verona. Mantua is both by nature and art one of the strongest places in Europe. It can boast of an antiquity almost equal to that of Rome, and experienced all the vicissitudes of the Middle Ages, and, like other Italian cities, emerged from them into liberty and independence. It surrendered to the French, February 2, 1797, after a siege of eight months; was retaken by the Austrian and Russian army, July 30, 1799, after a short siege. In 1800, after the battle of Marengo, the French again obtained possession of it. It was included in the kingdom of Italy till 1814, when it was restored to the Austrians, who surrendered it to the Italians, October 11, 1866, after the peace.
Etymology and Origins
Mantua
A lady’s cloak or mantle, originally introduced from the Italian city of this name.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MANTUA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mantua is ranked #144141 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Mantua surname appeared 115 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mantua.
66.9% or 77 total occurrences were White.
17.3% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
12.1% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mantua in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mantua in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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