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landau - 7 dictionary results

lan⋅dau

[lan-daw, -dou]
–noun
1. a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back.
2. a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back.

Origin:
1735–45; perh. named after Landau, town in Germany where first made

Lan⋅dau

[lahn-dou; Russ. luhn-dou]
–noun
Lev Da⋅vi⋅do⋅vich [lyef duh-vye-duh-vyich] , 1908–68, Russian scientist: Nobel prize for physics 1962.
lan·dau   (lān'dô', -dou')   
n.  
  1. A four-wheeled carriage with front and back passenger seats that face each other and a roof in two sections that can be lowered or detached.
  2. A style of automobile with a similar roof.

[After Landau, a city of southwest Germany.]
Lan·dau   (län-dou')   
Soviet physicist. He won a 1962 Nobel Prize for his contributions to low-temperature physics.

Landau

Lan"dau\, n. [From the town Ladau in Germany; cf. F. landau. See Land, Island.] A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage. [Written also landaw.]
Language Translation for : landau
Spanish: cochecito de niño,
German: der Kinderwagen,
Japanese: 乳母車

landau 
"four-wheeled carriage," 1743, from Landau, town in Germany where they first were made.

landau

four-wheeledfour-wheeled carriage, invented in Germany, seating four people on two facing seats with an elevated front seat for the coachman. It was distinguished by two folding hoods, one at each end, which met at the top to form a boxlike enclosure with side windows. It was a heavy vehicle, often drawn by a team of four horses, and was widely used from the 18th century in England. Usually, landaus were severely cut away beneath at each end, so that the bottom of the door was the lowest point of the carriage body

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