Padua

American  

[paj-oo-uh] / ˈpædʒ u ə /

noun

1. a city in NE Italy.

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Padua British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Paduan adjective

Example Sentences

As the shipments were moved to additional cities, including Padua, these fleas could have helped accelerate the spread of the Black Death throughout Europe.

From Science Daily

The OPA1 inhibitors, created by collaborators at the University of Padua in Italy, are still lead compounds and will require further refinement before clinical testing can begin.

From Science Daily

"The key to the quenching mechanism lies in how quickly and efficiently the triplet states can be deactivated," said Alessandro Agostini, researcher at the University of Padua, Italy and co-lead author of the study.

From Science Daily

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

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times