Mantua
WordNet
noun
(1) Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Mantua, from *πππππ π (manΞΈva) β compare πππππ πππ (manΞΈvate), Mantuan, after Mantus, a Latin name for the god of the underworld.
Proper noun
Mantua
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.
- βHe and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare