lan|dau

lan|dau
lan|dau «LAN d, -dow», noun.
1. a four-wheeled carriage with two inside seats facing each other and a top made in two parts that can be folded back.
2. an automobile with a similar top or one that imitates such a top.
[< Landau, a town in Germany, where it was first made]

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