Mantua
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English
Etymology
Latin Mantua, from Etruscan *𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀 (manθva) — compare 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌄 (manθvate) "Mantuan"; after Mantus, god of the underworld.
Proper noun
Mantua
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.
- —He and I
- Will watch thy waking, and that very night
- Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. —Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Translations
- French: Mantoue (1, 2)
- Greek, Ancient: Μάντουα (Mantūa)
- Latin: Mantua (2)
- Italian: Mantova (1), Mantova f (2)