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Mantua

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mantua /ˈmantjʊə/

▶noun a woman's loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries.

– origin alt. of Fr. manteau, influenced by the name of the Italian town Mantua.

'Mantua' also found in these Oxford entries:

manteau - mantua

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