Landau
WordNet
noun
(1) A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately
(2) Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Named after the German city of Landau where such carriages were first made.
Noun
- a type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other
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- 1891: Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them, when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘A Scandal In Bohemia’ (Norton 2005 p.23)
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- a style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages