Definition of Paduan in English:
Paduan
adjective ˈpadjʊənˈpædʒʊən
Relating to or characteristic of the Italian city of Padua, or its inhabitants.
he wrote in a Paduan dialect
Example sentencesExamples
- Starkey moved in the highest circles of the Paduan and Venetian intellectual aristocracy.
- Pacher's painting demonstrates first-hand knowledge of Paduan art, especially the work of Mantegna.
- With the Milanese soldier Roberto da Sanseverino, and the Paduan noble Gabriele Capodilista, he sailed for Jaffa on 17 May.
- Pinelli frequently received visiting dignitaries and scholars and invited Paduan men of letters to meet them.
- There is little which suggests that experience of Paduan teaching transformed the medical outlook he would have learnt from Cambridge doctors.
- His major Paduan commission was for the decoration of the ruling Carrara family's palace chapel.
noun ˈpadjʊənˈpædʒʊən
A native or inhabitant of the Italian city of Padua.
a great church was built by the Paduans
Example sentencesExamples
- Niccolo Frangipane is supposed to have been a Paduan, though his birthplace is disputed.
- Castelbaldo, today a rustic town, was then furnished with a formidable castle, which the Paduans had provisioned with food and arms.
- The opposing forces consisted of the Veronese, led by Giovanni dei Ordelaffi, and the Paduans, under the English mercenary Sir John Hawkwood.
Definition of Paduan in US English:
Paduan
adjectiveˈpajo͝oənˈpædʒʊən
Relating to or characteristic of the Italian city of Padua, or its inhabitants.
he wrote in a Paduan dialect
Example sentencesExamples
- Pacher's painting demonstrates first-hand knowledge of Paduan art, especially the work of Mantegna.
- Pinelli frequently received visiting dignitaries and scholars and invited Paduan men of letters to meet them.
- With the Milanese soldier Roberto da Sanseverino, and the Paduan noble Gabriele Capodilista, he sailed for Jaffa on 17 May.
- His major Paduan commission was for the decoration of the ruling Carrara family's palace chapel.
- There is little which suggests that experience of Paduan teaching transformed the medical outlook he would have learnt from Cambridge doctors.
- Starkey moved in the highest circles of the Paduan and Venetian intellectual aristocracy.
nounˈpajo͝oənˈpædʒʊən
A native or inhabitant of the Italian city of Padua.
a great church was built by the Paduans
Example sentencesExamples
- The opposing forces consisted of the Veronese, led by Giovanni dei Ordelaffi, and the Paduans, under the English mercenary Sir John Hawkwood.
- Niccolo Frangipane is supposed to have been a Paduan, though his birthplace is disputed.
- Castelbaldo, today a rustic town, was then furnished with a formidable castle, which the Paduans had provisioned with food and arms.