Genua

See also: Genúa and genua

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Genua.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.ny.ʋaː/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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Proper noun

Genua n

1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Genua, perhaps directly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːnua/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Genua n (proper noun, genitive Genuas or (optionally with an article) Genua)

1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)

Derived terms

• Genuese
• Genueser
  • genueser

Anagrams

• genau

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• Genowa

Etymology

Borrowed from German Genua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.nu.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛnua
• Syllabification: Ge‧nu‧a

Proper noun

Genua f (related adjective genueński)

1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “Genua”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Genua”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Latin

Etymology

Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.nu.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.nu.a]

Proper noun

Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension

1. Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Genua
genitive	Genuae
dative	Genuae
accusative	Genuam
ablative	Genuā
vocative	Genua
locative	Genuae

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Γένουα (Génoua)
• Italian: Genova
• Padanian:
  • Old Ligurian: Ziéna, Zenoa
    • Ligurian: Zena
  • Piedmontese: Génoa, Zénoa, Zena
• Old French: Jannes
  • Middle French: jean (fustian)
    • French: Gênes, jeans
    • Middle English: Gene (fustian), Geayne
      • English: jeans

References

• “Genua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Genua”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “jeans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Latin Genua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnu.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: Ge‧nu‧a

Proper noun

Genua f

1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)

Declension

Declension of Genua

	singular
nominative	Genua
genitive	Genui
dative	Genui
accusative	Genuę
instrumental	Genuą
locative	Genui
vocative	Genuo

Further reading

• Genua in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Genua.

Proper noun

Genua n (genitive Genuas)

1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)