Geneva

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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 ‎(plural Genevas)

1. Gin, especially Holland gin

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 female given name, from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
5. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

Derived terms

• 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
• 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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