Etymology

mantinada

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Today it means: An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet. Full definition →

Greek μαντινάδα ← Venetan matinada
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  1. Venetan · derived frommatinada“a song of the morning”
  2. Greek · borrowed fromμαντινάδα
  3. English todaymantinada

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

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