Genoa
See also: genoa
English
Etymology
From Latin Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Genoa
- A province of Liguria, Italy.
- A city and capital of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria.
- A placename in the US and elsewhere.
Usage notes
The pronunciations with the stress on the second syllable are considered nonstandard.
Translations
province
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Italian city
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placename
Further reading
Genoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Genoa (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Ligurian
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English 4-syllable words
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Provinces of Italy
- en:Places in Liguria
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- en:Exonyms