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noun
1.
a native or inhabitant of Córdoba, Spain.
2.
(lowercase) a soft, smooth leather originally made at Córdoba of goatskin but later made also of split horsehide, pigskin, etc.
adjective
3.
of Córdoba, Spain.
4.
(lowercase) designating or made of cordovan.
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Cordovan
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Word Origin & History
cordovan
1590s, "fine Spanish leather," from Sp. cordovan (modern cordoban), from cordovano (adj.) "of Cordova," the Spanish city, former capital of Moorish Spain; a later adoption of the same word that became cordwain (see cordwainer). The city name is from Phoenician qorteb "oil press."
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