Padua

[paj-oo-uh]

noun

a city in NE Italy.

Italian Padova.

Related formsPad·u·an, adjective

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Contemporary Examples of padua

He is a dear friend, and his restaurant in Padua, Italy is worth the trip!
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Cesare Casella
February 2, 2010

Historical Examples of padua

Gambling alone could do it, but everybody had gone to Padua.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
A few years after the Count of Padua had her operated on, and made her fortune.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
"I see that you are not safe in Padua," she said in the end.
Little Novels of Italy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
The peerless beauty of Padua, the incomparable Ippolita, was gone.
Little Novels of Italy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
He died at Padua in 1565, at the age of over a hundred years.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy
Jacob Burckhardt

British Dictionary definitions for padua

Padua

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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Word Origin and History for padua

Padua

Italian city, Italian Padova, from Latin Patavium, probably from Gaulish *padi "pine," in reference to the pine forests thereabouts. Related: Paduan.