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 Venetan 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

Derived terms

• padovano

Further reading

• Padova on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• dopava