Meaning of Mantua | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
2. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
3. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
   obsolete
4. City and capital of Mantua.
5. A woman's cloak or mantle.
   obsolete
6. A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
7. A woman's gown.
   obsolete
8. A village in Ohio.
9. A village in Utah.

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Examples

“He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.”

“Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]”

“Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’.”

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