mantua
/ˈmæn.t(j)u.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
Example Sentences
- "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’."
Etymology
From Latin Mantua.
Origin
- Source language: French