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landau
noun
lan·dau
ˈlan-ˌdau̇ 
-ˌdȯ
: a four-wheel carriage with a top divided into two sections that can be folded away or removed and with a raised seat outside for the driver
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The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
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Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
—Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2010
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Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Also, my Honda had neither a landau top nor finicky SU carburetors.
—Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2020
Unlike Ford’s landau-laden Florida Edition and Presidential Package, the Twingo aims for a younger demographic.
—Keith Barry, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2010
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“Landau.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landau. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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