Landau

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlæn.dɔː/, /ˈlæn.daÊŠ/
• enPR: lăn'dô'

Origin

Named after the German city of Landau where such carriages were first made.

Noun

1. A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
• 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them, when up the lane came a neat little landau, the coachman with his coat only half-buttoned, and his tie under his ear, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles.
2. A style of automobile which is based around the idea of landau carriages.

Derived terms

• landaulet, landaulette

Anagrams

• Luanda