Padova

See also: Pàdova

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Patavium, which may have had a variant Vulgar Latin form *Patava/*Pataua, later monophthongized to Padoa in the local Venetian language, and transcribed as Padua in Medieval Latin; this then became Padova in the Tuscan dialect (and hence later Italian) after labialization of the 'u'.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.do.va/
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  • Rhymes: -adova
  • Hyphenation: Pà‧do‧va

Proper noun

Padova f

  1. Padua (a city and province of Veneto, Italy)
  2. the letter P in the Italian spelling alphabet
    Synonym: Palermo

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