(n.) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
(n.) A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this paper, we investigate the effects on the hospital activity of two different organizational models of care in two neighbouring areas in Northern Italy, Cremona and Mantua, very similar in sociodemographic features.
(2) The last part of the paper presents a case series covering 5 years' activity in the Antirabbies Centre in the Province of Mantua (1979-83).
(3) Cremona is hospital oriented, while Mantua has well developed community services.
(4) But the cogent finding was the number of admissions, much higher in Cremona than in Mantua, especially for some age groups.
(5) But it blooms in the mockery of the wise jester with the Fool in King Lear : “I marvel what kin thou and thy daughters are,” he scolds the king, “they’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true; thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying.” Likewise the dwarves employed at the court of Spain and depicted so insightfully by Velázquez, or at Mantua by the Gonzaga dukes.
(6) Examination of rates in various geographical areas showed generally higher rates in the North, and a few provinces with exceedingly high mortality in the central part of Northern Italy, particularly in a chiefly rural province (Mantua).