Geneva

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈniːvə/

Noun

Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

1. Gin, especially jenever.

Proper noun

Geneva

1. A city in Switzerland.
2. A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital.
3. Largest lake in Switzerland.
4. A city in Illinois, USA, and county seat of Kane County.
5. A female given name, from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
6. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

Derived terms

• Geneva County
• Geneva wheel
• Genevan

Translations

city

• Arabic: جِنِيف‎ m (jinīf)

  Hijazi Arabic: جِنيف‎ f (jinēf)

• Armenian: Ժնեւ (Žnew)
• Belarusian: Жэнева f (Ženéva)
• Bulgarian: Женева f (Ženéva)
• Catalan: Ginebra
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Ženeva (cs) f
• Danish: Geneve
• Dutch: Genève (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ĝenevo
• Estonian: Genf
• Finnish: Geneve (fi)
• French: Genève (fr) f
• Galician: Xenebra (gl) f
• Georgian: ჟენევა (ženeva)
• German: Genf (de) n
• Greek: Γενεύη f (Genévi)
• Hebrew: ז 'נבה‎
• Hindi: जिनेवा (jinevā), जनीवा (janīvā)
• Hungarian: Genf (hu)
• Icelandic: Genf f
• Indonesian: Jenewa
• Italian: Ginevra (it) f

• Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu), ジュネーヴ (Junēvu)
• Korean: 제네바 (Jeneba)
• Latin: Genava
• Latvian: Ženēva f
• Lithuanian: Ženeva f
• Macedonian: Женева f (Ženéva)
• Mongolian: Женев (Ženev)
• Persian: ژنو‎ (fa) (zhenev)
• Polish: Genewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Genebra (pt)
• Romanian: Geneva
• Romansch: Genevra f
• Russian: Жене́ва (ru) f (Ženéva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Жене́ва f

  Roman: Ženéva (sh) f

• Slovak: Ženeva
• Spanish: Ginebra (es)
• Swedish: Genève (sv)
• Thai: เจนีวา (jay-nee-waa)
• Turkish: Cenevre (tr)
• Ukrainian: Женева f (Ženéva)
• Urdu: جنیوا‎
• Yiddish: זשענעווע‎ f (zheneve), גענף‎ n (genf)

canton

• Catalan: Ginebra
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: Kanton Genève
• Dutch: Kanton Genève
• Esperanto: Ĝenevo
• Estonian: Genfi kanton
• Finnish: Geneven kantoni
• French: ^{(please verify)} Genève (fr), ^{(please verify)} le canton de Genève m
• German: Kanton Genf
• Greek: Γενεύη f (Genévi)

• Italian: Canton Ginevra
• Japanese: ジュネーブ (Junēbu), ジュネーヴ (Junēvu)
• Latin: Genā́va f
• Macedonian: Женева f (Ženéva)
• Polish: Genewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: Genebra (pt) f
• Romansch: Genevra f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} Жене́ва f (Ženéva), ^{(please verify)} 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: ^{(please verify)} Lac Léman (fr)
• German: Genfersee
• 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 (Žénevsko Ézero), Леман m (Léman)
• 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

See also

• Wikipedia article on the canton of Geneva

Anagrams

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