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    [Adjective]  | "cor*do*van" | \ ˈkȯr-də-vən \


    1: of or relating to Córdoba and especially Córdoba, Spain

    2: made of cordovan leather


    Origin: 1591 ;

     In sense 1 from Córdova, Córdoba + {see: |-an:2|-an:2}; in sense 2 attributive use of {see: |cordovan:2|cordovan:2};

    [Noun]  | "cordovan" 


    1: a soft fine-grained colored leather

    2: dense nonporous leather tanned from the inner layer of horsehide


    Origin: circa 1625 ;

     Borrowed from 16th-century Spanish cordován (now usually cordobán), from Córdova, Córdoba {see: |córdoba|Cordoba:g}, city in Spain where such leather was produced + -án, Mozarabic variant of -ano {see: |-an:1|-an:1};

    [Noun]  | "cordovan" 


    1: as in calfskin, deerskin;


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