cordovan

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.də.vən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹ.də.vən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dəvən
• Hyphenation: cor‧do‧van

From Cordova (“Córdoba, a city in Spain”) +‎ -an.

cordovan (not comparable)

1. Originating in or pertaining to Córdoba.

Borrowed from Spanish cordován (now cordobán). Doublet of cordwain.

cordovan (countable and uncountable, plural cordovans)

1. A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.

   Synonym: cordwain

2. A shoe made from such leather.

cordovan (not comparable)

1. Made out of such leather.
2. A dark brownish-red colour, resembling the leather.

   Synonym: oxblood

   cordovan:  

• “cordovan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “cordovan”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Borrowed from Italian cordovano.

cordovan n (plural cordovane)

1. (dated) cordovan (leather)