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landau

/ˈlænˌdaʊ/LAN-dow
/ˈlænˌdaʊ/LAN-dow

MeaningLandau, a town in Bavaria

Common meaning: a horse-drawn carriage with a folding top

Journey through time

  1. German place-nameLandausource
  2. Early English spellinglandausource
  3. Englishlandau‘a horse-drawn carriage with a folding top’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on German place-name Landau ‘Landau, a town in Bavaria’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry LANDAU, p. 320 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • Landau German place-name “Landau, a town in Bavaria”

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