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mantua

Syllabification: (man·tu·a)
Pronunciation: /ˈmanCHo͞oə/
Definition of mantua

noun

  • a woman’s loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Origin:

alteration of French manteau

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