Geneva

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Celtic word from Proto-Indo-European *genu (“bend”), *genawa in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dʒəˈniːvə/

Noun[edit]

Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

Gin, especially jenever.

Proper noun[edit]

Geneva

A city in Switzerland.
A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital.
The largest lake in Switzerland.
A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama, United States.
A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States.
A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States.
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

Afrikaans: Genève
Albanian: Gjeneva
Amharic: ዠኔቭ (žänev)
Arabic: جِنِيف‎ m (jinīf)
Hijazi Arabic: جِنيف‎ f (jinēf)
Aragonese: Chinevra
Armenian: Ժնեւ (Žnew)
Asturian: Xinebra
Avar: Женева f (Ženewa)
Azerbaijani: Cenevrə (az)
Bavarian: Genf
Belarusian: Жэне́ва f (Ženjéva)
Bengali: জেনেভা (jenebha)
Bulgarian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
Burmese: ဂျနီဗာမြို့ (gya.niba-mrui.)
Catalan: Ginebra (ca), Geneva (ca)
Cebuano: Genève
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日內瓦

Mandarin: 日內瓦 (zh), 日内瓦 (zh) (Rìnèiwǎ)

Wu: 日内瓦
Chuvash: Женева f (Ženeva)
Corsican: Ginevra
Czech: Ženeva (cs) f
Danish: Geneve
Doteli: जेनेभा (jenebhā)
Dutch: Genève (nl) n
Eastern Mari: Женеве (Ženeve)
Esperanto: Ĝenevo
Estonian: Genf
Extremaduran: Ginebra
Finnish: Geneve (fi)
French: Genève (fr) f
Galician: Xenebra (gl) f
Georgian: ჟენევა (ženeva)
German: Genf (de) n
Alemannic German: Genf
Greek: Γενεύη f (Genévi)
Guaraní: Ginebra
Hebrew: ז׳נבה‎
Hindi: जिनेवा (jinevā), जनीवा (janīvā)
Hungarian: Genf (hu)
Icelandic: Genf f
Ido: Genève (io)
Indonesian: Jenéwa
Italian: Ginevra (it) f
Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu), ジュネーヴ (Junēvu)
Javanese: Jenéwa
Kabiyé: Zeenɛɛvɩ
Kannada: ಜಿನಿವಾ (jinivā)
Karakalpak: Jeneva
Kashubian: Genf
Kazakh: Женева f (Jeneva)
Korean: 제네바 (Jeneba)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Cenevre (ku)
Kyrgyz: Женева (Ceneva)
Latin: Genava
Latvian: Ženēva f
Lingala: Shnɛ́f

Lithuanian: Ženeva f
Lombard: Ginevra
Low German:
German Low German: Genf
Luxembourgish: Genf
Macedonian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
Malayalam: ജനീവ (janīva)
Marathi: जिनीव्हा (jinīvhā)
Mongolian: Женев (Ženev)
Nauruan: Genève
Neapolitan: Ginevra
North Frisian: Genf
Norwegian: Genève
Occitan: Genèva
Old English: Genf
Ossetian: Женевӕ f (Ženevæ)
Persian: ژنو‎ (fa) (ženev)
Picard: Genève
Piedmontese: Gëneva
Polish: Genewa (pl) f
Portuguese: Genebra (pt)
Punjabi: ਜਨੇਵਾ (janēvā)
Quechua: Genève
Romanian: Geneva
Romansch: Genevra f
Russian: Жене́ва (ru) f (Ženéva)
Sanskrit: जिनीवा (jinīvā)
Sardinian: Ginevra
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Жене́ва f

Roman: Ženéva (sh) f
Sicilian: Ginevra
Silesian: Genève
Slovak: Ženeva
Slovene: Ženeva (sl)
Somali: Jineefa
Spanish: Ginebra (es)
Swedish: Genève
Tagalog: Hinebra
Tajik: Женева f (Ženeva)
Tamil: ஜெனீவா (jeṉīvā)
Tatar: Женева f (Jenewa)
Thai: เจนีวา (jay-nee-waa)
Tibetan: ཀྲེ་ནེ་ཝ། (kre ne wa)
Turkish: Cenevre (tr)
Ukrainian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
Urdu: جنیوا‎
Uyghur: Jenwe
Uzbek: Jeneva
Venetian: Zenevra
Veps: Ženev
Vietnamese: Genève
Volapük: Genève
Walloon: Djineve (wa), Djneve (wa)
Welsh: Genefa
West Frisian: Sjenêve
Western Panjabi: جنیوا‎
Yiddish: זשענעווע‎ f (zheneve), גענף‎ n (genf)

canton

Catalan: Ginebra (ca), Geneva (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日內瓦 (zh), 日内瓦 (zh) (Rìnèiwǎ)
Danish: Genève
Dutch: Genève (nl)
Esperanto: Ĝenevo
Estonian: Genfi
Finnish: Geneve (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} Genève (fr), ^{(please verify)} le canton de Genève m
German: Genf (de)
Greek: Γενεύη f (Genévi)

Italian: Ginevra (it)
Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu), ジュネーヴ (Junēvu)
Latin: Genā́va f
Macedonian: Женева f (Ženeva)
Polish: Genewa (pl) f
Portuguese: Genebra (pt) f
Romansch: Genevra f
Russian: Жене́ва (ru) f (Ženéva), канто́н Жене́ва m (kantón Ženéva)
Slovak: Ženeva
Spanish: Ginebra (es)
Turkish: Cenevre (tr)

lake

Catalan: Llac de Ginebra, Llac Leman
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日內瓦湖 (zh), 日内瓦湖 (zh) (Rìnèiwǎ-hú)
Danish: Genevesøen, Genfersøen
Estonian: Genfi järv
Finnish: Genevejärvi
French: Lac Léman
German: Genfersee (de)
Greek: Λίμνη της Γενεύης f (Límni tis Genévis)
Indonesian: Danau Jenewa

Japanese: レマン湖 (Reman-ko)
Latin: Genā́va f
Macedonian: Женевско Езеро n (Ženevsko Ezero), Леман m (Leman)
Polish: Jezioro Genewskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Lago de Genebra m
Romansch: Lai da Genevra m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Lag da Genevra m (Sursilvan), Leman m (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), Lej Leman m (Puter), Lai Leman m (Vallader)
Russian: ^{(please verify)} Жене́вское о́зеро n (Ženévskoje ózero), ^{(please verify)} о́зеро Лема́н n (ózero Lemán)
Spanish: Lago de Ginebra

Anagrams[edit]

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Geneva

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