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landau¹

  • /ˈlæn.dɔː/
  • /ˈlæn.daʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊ, -aʊ

Where it comes from

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

noun landaus

  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 surmounte
  2. broadly A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages.

Landau²

  • /ˈlændaʊ/
  • /ˈlændɔː/

Where it comes from

From German Landau.

proper noun Landaus

  1. A surname.

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noun a type of four-wheeled carriage

Españollandó
Françaislandau
DeutschLandauer
Italianolandò

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@misc{landau_2026,
  title = {landau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/landau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}