Associations to the word «Mantua»

Wiktionary

MANTUA, proper noun. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
MANTUA, proper noun. City and capital of Mantua.
MANTUA, noun. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
MANTUA, noun. (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
MANTUA, noun. (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
MANTUA, noun. (obsolete) A woman's gown.

Dictionary definition

MANTUA, noun. Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope