"landau" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlæn.dɔː/, /ˈlæn.daʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-landau.wav [Southern-England] Forms: landaus [plural]
enPR: lăn'dô' Rhymes: -əʊ, -aʊ Etymology: Named after the German city of Landau, where such carriages were first made. Compare German Landauer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{cog|de|Landauer}} German Landauer Head templates: {{en-noun}} landau (plural landaus)
  1. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other. Categories (topical): Carriages, Vehicles
    Sense id: en-landau-en-noun-mtXML8gq Disambiguation of Carriages: 50 50 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22
  2. (by extension) A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Carriages
    Sense id: en-landau-en-noun-jOunSGR- Disambiguation of Carriages: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: landaulet, landaulette

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