Mantua

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See also: mantua, Mântua, and Mantüa

English

Etymology

From Latin Mantua.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mantua

  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. City and capital of Mantua.
  3. A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
  4. A village in Ohio.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan *𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀 (*manθva), from 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈 (manθ, Mantus, god of the underworld). Compare 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌄 (manθvate, Mantuan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mantua f sg (genitive Mantuae); first declension

  1. Mantua (city)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mantua
genitive Mantuae
dative Mantuae
accusative Mantuam
ablative Mantuā
vocative Mantua

Descendants

  • English: Mantua
  • French: Mantoue
  • Italian: Mantova

References

  • Mantua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mantua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Latin Mantua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈtu.a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Syllabification: Man‧tu‧a

Proper noun

Mantua f (related adjective mantuański, demonym mantuańczyk, female demonym mantuanka)

  1. Mantua (a city and province of Lombardy, Italy)

Declension

References

  • Mantua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmantwa/
  • Rhymes: -antwa
  • Syllabification: Man‧tua

Proper noun

Mantua ?

  1. A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba