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Definition of Landau

1. Noun. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).

2. Noun. A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately.

Definition of Landau

1. n. 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.

Definition of Landau

1. Noun. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other ¹

2. Noun. A style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Landau

1. a type of carriage [n -S] - See also: carriage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landau

land rights for gay whales land rush land rushes land site land snail land snails land tax land tenure land up land use board of appeals

land yacht land yachts landable landamman landammans landau (current term) landau-kleffner syndrome landau damping landauite landaulet

landaulets landaulette landaus landbound landdros lande landed landed cost landed costs landed estate

Literary usage of Landau

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"From landau to Zweibrücken. The Vosges of the Palatinate. ... landau, see p. 290. The train stops at the W. station, and then ascends the valley of the ..."

2. Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures by Albert Bigelow Paine (1904)
"It was not often that babies came to the landau barracks. ... Prophecy could go no further in landau. Even the most gracious of commandants could not ..."

3. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"... and landau to remain the joint property of all the States represented at the present Conference. 2. Joint material of the Fortresses of Ulm, ..."

4. Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum by Joseph Zedner (1894)
"60. Przemysl, 1882. л-луп Fol. 1914 о. 30. landau (SAMUEL ... See landau (E. ben J.) WH [Collected and arranged by ZWL] 1886, etc. 4°. 1963. f. 28. ..."

5. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"Leaving what he calls " this tedious siege " of landau, he posts to Berlin, and concludes his treaty with the king. On the 3rd of December he receives, ..."

6. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"In the courtyard below, two boys with bare arms were scrubbing a landau. Their voices rose to Frederick's ears, mingled with the intermittent sounds made by ..."

7. The Military Life of John, Duke of Marlborough by Archibald Alison (1855)
"Meanwhile, as the siege of landau was found to require more time than had been anticipated, owing to the 57- extraordinary difficulties experienced in ..."

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