mantinada

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noun

An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

OriginGreek μαντινάδα ← Venetan matinada →
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Meanings

nounmantinada (plural mantinades)

plural mantinades

  1. An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

Origin

  1. Venetanmatinada“a song of the morning”
  2. Greekμαντινάδα
  3. Englishmantinada

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

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APA

mantinada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantinada

MLA

“mantinada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantinada. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mantinada,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mantinada.

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