landau

¹

[lan-daw, -dou]

noun

1. a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back.

2. a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back.

Landau

²

[lahn-dou, luhn-dou]

noun

1. Lev Davidovich 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.

Landau

¹

/ lanˈdau /

noun

1. Lev Davidovich (ljɛf daˈvidəvitʃ). 1908–68, Soviet physicist, noted for his researches on quantum theory and his work on the theories of solids and liquids: Nobel prize for physics 1962

landau

²

/ ˈlændɔː /

noun

1. a four-wheeled carriage, usually horse-drawn, with two folding hoods that meet over the middle of the passenger compartment

Word History and Origins

Origin of landau¹

First recorded in 1735–45; perhaps named after Landau, town in Germany where first made

Word History and Origins

Origin of landau¹

C18: named after Landau (a town in Bavaria), where it was first made

Example Sentences

Old Timothy drove them to the train station in the landau carriage with the roof up, as the sky threatened rain.

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At her request, Old Timothy readied the big landau carriage and took them all for a ride to Ashton Station, so that she might spend at least a little more time with her friend.

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This time, he will conduct the review seated in an Ascot landau carriage with Queen Camilla.

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And with her in the open landau, Princess Helena—the human Helena, and quite a generously built woman.

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The Queen herself arrived in an open landau carriage drawn by four Windsor greys and flanked by the sovereign's bodyguards from the Royal Company of Archers.

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