Definition of Mantoa

Definition of Mantoa

Mantua (28), the strongest fortress in Italy, in SE. Lombardy, on two islands in the river Mincio, 83 m. E. of Milan, is a somewhat gloomy and unhealthy town, with many heavy mediæval buildings; there are saltpetre refineries, weaving and tanning industries. Virgil was born here in 70 B.C. The town was Austrian in the 18th century, but ceded to Italy 1866.

- Wikipedia

Man"tu*a (?), n. 1. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. [Obs.] Beck (Draper's Dict.).

2. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Province of Lombardy, Italy.
City and capital of Mantua.
     —He and I
     Will watch thy waking, and that very night
     Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. —Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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