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mantinada

mantinada noun: an improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

Noun

mantinada (plural mantinades)

  1. An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

Forms of mantinada

pluralmantinades

Origin of mantinada

Borrowed from Greek μαντινάδα (mantináda), from Venetan matinada (“a song of the morning”).

Questions about mantinada

What does mantinada mean?
Mantinada means an improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.
What part of speech is mantinada?
Mantinada is a noun.
What is the plural of mantinada?
The plural of mantinada is mantinades.

Words near mantinada in the dictionary

  1. Mantila
  2. Mantilda
  3. Mantildas
  4. mantilla
  5. mantillas
  6. mantinada
  7. mantinades
  8. Mantinea
  9. Mantinean
  10. Mantineans
  11. Mantineia

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