Geneva
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːvə
Etymology 1
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Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.
Proper noun
[edit]Geneva
- The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
- A canton of Switzerland.
- Synonym: canton of Geneva
- The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
- A number of places in the United States, including:
- A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
- A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
- A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
- A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
- A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
- (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]city
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canton
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lake — see Lake Geneva
See also
[edit]- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)
- Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
- [c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; […], London: […] [John] Duncombe, […], →OCLC, page 8:
- Let our actor, in the true spirit of imitating his betters, follow the example of the great Mr. K—n; that is, let him roll about through the day from pot-house to pot-house like a rumbling old beer barrel, with ten or a dozen noggins of Geneva in his pate.
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