Padua

[ paj-oo-uh ]

/ ˈpædʒ u ə /

noun

a city in NE Italy.

Italian Padova.

OTHER WORDS FROM Padua

Pad·u·an, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for paduan

Blondel's hands flew out and clawed the air as if he had the Paduan before him, and would tear it from him.

The Long Night |Stanley Weyman
The Paduan observed that the water is too cold in April and that we had better wait until the end of June.

The Patriot |Antonio Fogazzaro
To make up for the magnificence of these scenes the Paduan student underwent great hardships.

William Harvey |D'Arcy Powers
The latter being an enthusiastic follower of Squarcione, Alvise was at first trained in Paduan principles.

The Venetian School of Painting |Evelyn March Phillipps

Let those battle-fields among the olive-farms on the hills outside the gates tell the story of the Paduan students.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. |Various

British Dictionary definitions for paduan

Padua

/ (ˈpædʒʊə, ˈpædjʊə) /

noun

a city in NE Italy, in Veneto: important in Roman and Renaissance times; university (1222); botanical garden (1545). Pop: 204 870 (2001) Latin name: Patavium (pəˈteɪvɪəm) Italian name: Padova

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