Genua

See also: Genúa and genua

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian Genova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.ny.ʋaː/

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Proper noun

Genua n

1. Genoa

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German

Etymology

From Italian Genova

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Genua

1. Genoa

Derived terms

• Genueser
  • genueser

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.nu.a/, [ˈɡɛnuä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.nu.a/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnuä]

Proper noun

Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension

1. Genoa (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Genua
Genitive	Genuae
Dative	Genuae
Accusative	Genuam
Ablative	Genuā
Vocative	Genua
Locative	Genuae

Descendants

• 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 (2001–2024) “jeans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Italian Genova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈnu.a/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Genua f

1. Genoa (a city in Italy)

Declension

Declension of Genua

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

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Italian Genova

Proper noun

Genua n (genitive Genuas)

1. Genoa