Padua

[paj-oo-uh]

noun

1. a city in NE Italy.

Padua

/ ˈpædʒʊə, ˈpædjʊə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• Paduan adjective

Example Sentences

Zeina’s being pushed on a swing in a small playground in the suburbs of the northern Italian city of Padua.

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Picco had political science degrees from the University of Padua and the University of California, Santa Barbara, along with the universities of Prague and Amsterdam.

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While studying there, she spent a junior year in Padua.

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As it is the established routine with all BioRescue procedures, the embryo transfers are accompanied by an ethical assessment conducted by Padua University.

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Further tests are underway at the University of Padua and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.

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