Genova

See also: Génova, Gènova, Gênova, and génova

Danish

Etymology

From Italian Genova.

Proper noun

Genova

1. Genoa (Italian city)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Genova.

Proper noun

Genova

1. Genoa (Italian city)

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Italian Genova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛnovɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ge‧no‧va

Proper noun

Genova

1. Genoa (a province and city in Liguria, Italy)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Genova	—
accusative	Genovát	—
dative	Genovának	—
instrumental	Genovával	—
causal-final	Genováért	—
translative	Genovává	—
terminative	Genováig	—
essive-formal	Genovaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Genovában	—
superessive	Genován	—
adessive	Genovánál	—
illative	Genovába	—
sublative	Genovára	—
allative	Genovához	—
elative	Genovából	—
delative	Genováról	—
ablative	Genovától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Genováé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Genováéi	—

Possessive forms of Genova
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Genovám	—
2nd person sing.	Genovád	—
3rd person sing.	Genovája	—
1st person plural	Genovánk	—
2nd person plural	Genovátok	—
3rd person plural	Genovájuk	—

Derived terms

• genovai

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Genua, possibly from the Ancient Ligurian word for knee. Compare also Latin genu; alternatively it may derive ultimately from a Celtic root *genu-, *genawa (“mouth (i.e. estuary”), making it possibly akin to the root of Geneva as well.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛnova/
• Hyphenation: Gè‧no‧va

Proper noun

Genova f

1. Genoa
2. The letter G in the Italian phonetic alphabet

Related terms

• genovese
• genovina

See also

• Liguria

Anagrams

• gavone
• negavo
• vagone

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian Genova.

Proper noun

Genova

1. Genoa (a city and seaport in north-western Italy)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian Genova.

Proper noun

Genova

1. Genoa (as above)