mantua means province of Lombardy, Italy.
mantua is pronounced /ˈmæn.t(j)u.ə/.
Etymology
From Latin Mantua.
name
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.“He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.”
- A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
- A village in Ohio.
- A village in Utah.
noun
- An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
- A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.“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 […]”
- A woman's cloak or mantle.
- A woman's gown.“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’.”