Geneva

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə

Etymology 1

canton of Geneva (sense 2)

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

Geneva

2. The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
4. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Geneva

5. The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
6. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
   2. A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
   3. A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   4. A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
   5. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
7. A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
8. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

Derived terms

• Geneva Convention
• Geneva County
• Geneva cross
• Geneva mechanism
• Genevan
• Geneva wheel
• Lake Geneva

 

Translations

city

• Afrikaans: Genève
• Albanian: Gjeneva f, Gjenevë f (indefinite)
• Amharic: ዠኔቭ (žänev)
• Arabic: جِنِيف‎ f (jinīf)

  Hijazi Arabic: جِنيف‎ f (jinēf, jinēv)

• Aragonese: Chinevra
• Armenian: Ժնեւ (hy) (Žnew)
• Asturian: Xinebra
• Avar: Женева f (Ženewa)
• Azerbaijani: Cenevrə (az)
• Bavarian: Genf
• Belarusian: Жэне́ва f (Ženjéva), Жэнэ́ва f (Ženéva)
• Bengali: জেনেভা (jenebha)
• Bulgarian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
• Burmese: ဂျနီဗာမြို့ (gya.nibamrui.)
• Catalan: Ginebra (ca), Geneva (ca)
• Cebuano: Genève
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 日內瓦／日内瓦 (jat⁶ noi⁶ ngaa⁵)

  Mandarin: 日內瓦／日内瓦 (zh) (Rìnèiwǎ)

• Chuvash: Женева f (Ženeva)
• Corsican: Ginevra
• Czech: Ženeva (cs) f
• Danish: Geneve
• Doteli: जेनेभा (jenebhā)
• Dutch: Genève (nl) n
• Eastern Mari: Женеве (Žeńeve)
• 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 (el) f (Genévi)
• Guaraní: Ginebra
• Hebrew: גֶ׳נֶבָה‎ f (jenéva)
• Hindi: जिनेवा m (jinevā), जनीवा m (janīvā)
• Hungarian: Genf (hu)
• Icelandic: Genf f
• Ido: Genève (io)
• Indonesian: Jenewa
• Irish: An Ghinéiv f
• 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)
• Khmer: ហ្សឺណែវ (zəɨnaew)
• Korean: 제네바 (Jeneba)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Cenevre (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Женева (Jeneva)
• Latin: Genāva
• Latvian: Ženēva f
• Lingala: Shnɛ́f
• Lithuanian: Ženeva f
• Lombard: Ginevra
• Low German:

  German Low German: Genf

• Luxembourgish: Genf
• Macedonian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
• Malay: Geneva
• Malayalam: ജനീവ (janīva)
• Marathi: जिनीव्हा (jinīvhā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Женев (Ženev)

• Nauruan: Genève
• Neapolitan: Ginevra
• North Frisian: Genf
• Norwegian: Genève
• Occitan: Genèva
• Ossetian: Женевӕ f (Ženevæ)
• Pashto: ژنېو‎, جنېوا‎
• Persian: ژنو‎ (fa) (ženev)
• Picard: Genève
• Piedmontese: Gëneva
• Polish: Genewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Genebra (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਜਨੇਵਾ (janevā)
• 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 f
• Slovene: Ženeva (sl) f
• Somali: Jineefa
• Spanish: Ginebra (es) f
• Swedish: Genève (sv)
• Tagalog: Hinebra
• Tajik: Женева f (Ženeva)
• Tamil: ஜெனீவா (jeṉīvā)
• Tatar: Женева f (Jenewa)
• Thai: เจนีวา (th) (jee-nii-waa)
• Tibetan: ཀྲེ་ནེ་ཝ། (Kre ne wa.)
• Turkish: Cenevre (tr)
• Turkmen: Ženewa
• Ukrainian: Жене́ва f (Ženéva)
• Urdu: جنیوا‎ m (jinevā, janīvā)
• Uyghur: جەنۋە‎ (jenwe)
• Uzbek: Jeneva
• Venetian: Zenevra
• Veps: Ženev
• Vietnamese: Genève
• Volapük: Genève
• Walloon: Djineve (wa), Djneve (wa)
• Welsh: Genefa
• West Frisian: Sjenêve n
• Western Panjabi: جنیوا‎
• Yiddish: זשענעווע‎ f (zheneve), גענף‎ n (genf)

canton

• Catalan: Ginebra (ca), Geneva (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日內瓦／日内瓦 (zh) (Rìnèiwǎ)

• Danish: Genève
• Dutch: Genève (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ĝenevo
• Estonian: Genfi
• Finnish: Geneve (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} Genève (fr), ^{(please verify)} le canton de Genève m
• German: Genf (de)
• Greek: Γενεύη (el) f (Genévi)
• Irish: Cantún na Ginéive m
• Italian: Ginevra (it)
• Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu), ジュネーヴ (Junēvu)
• Latin: Genāva 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)
• West Frisian: Sjenêve n

lake — see Lake Geneva

Further reading

• Geneva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Geneva (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Canton of Geneva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

1. 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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