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landau
1[ lan-daw, -dou ]
noun
- a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back.
- a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back.
Landau
2[ lahn-dou; Russian luhn-dou ]
noun
- Lev Da·vi·do·vich [lyef, duh-, vye, -d, uh, -vyich], 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel Prize in Physics 1962.
landau
1/ ˈæԻɔː /
noun
- a four-wheeled carriage, usually horse-drawn, with two folding hoods that meet over the middle of the passenger compartment
Landau
2/ ˈ岹 /
noun
- LandauLev Davidovich19081968MRussianSCIENCE: physicist Lev Davidovich (ljɛf daˈvidəvitʃ). 1908–68, Soviet physicist, noted for his researches on quantum theory and his work on the theories of solids and liquids: Nobel prize for physics 1962
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of landau1
First recorded in 1735–45; perhaps named after Landau, town in Germany where first made
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of landau1
C18: named after Landau (a town in Bavaria), where it was first made
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This time, he will conduct the review seated in an Ascot landau carriage with Queen Camilla.
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And with her in the open landau, Princess Helena—the human Helena, and quite a generously built woman.
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The Queen herself arrived in an open landau carriage drawn by four Windsor greys and flanked by the sovereign's bodyguards from the Royal Company of Archers.
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The tri-colored pooch lived a lavish life and was pampered with gingerbread biscuits, yacht excursions and landau rides.
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President Cleveland boarded the seventh carriage, a landau.
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