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Landau

//ˈlæn.dɔː// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.

    "Indeed, as the two gentlemen reached the door, a landau drove up, a magnificent yellow carriage, lined with brocade or satin of a faint cream colour, drawn by wonderful grey horses, with flaming ribbons, and harness blazing all over with crests: no less than three of these heraldic emblems surmounted the coats-of-arms on the panels, and these shields contained a prodigious number of quarterings, betokening the antiquity and splendour of the house of Clavering and Snell."

  2. 2
    a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately wordnet
  3. 3
    A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. broadly

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after the German city of Landau, where such carriages were first made. Compare German Landauer.

Etymology 2

From German Landau.

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