English Explanatory Dictionary

Geneva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
  2. A canton of Switzerland.
  3. The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
  6. Former name of Planada, California.
  7. A census-designated place in Seminole County, Florida.
  8. A town in Talbot County, Georgia.
  9. An unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
  10. A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
  11. A township in Kane County, Illinois.
  12. A town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
noun
  1. Gin, especially jenever.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒəˈniːvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Geneva.wav

Word forms

Geneva Genevas

Etymology

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

Synonyms

canton of Geneva

Derived words

Geneva bands Geneva Convention Geneva County Geneva cross Geneva mechanism Genevan Geneva sauce Geneva wheel Lake Geneva

Translations

Afrikaans: Genève Albanian: Gjeneva Albanian: Gjenevë Amharic: ዠኔቭ Arabic: جِنِيف Arabic: جِنيف Aragonese: Chinevra Armenian: Ժնեւ Asturian: Xinebra Avar: Женева Azerbaijani: Cenevrə Belarusian: Жэне́ва Belarusian: Жэнэ́ва Bengali: জেনেভা Bulgarian: Жене́ва Burmese: ဂျနီဗာမြို့ Catalan: Ginebra Catalan: Geneva Cebuano: Genève Chinese Cantonese: 日內瓦 /日内瓦 Chinese Mandarin: 日內瓦 /日内瓦 Chuvash: Женева Corsican: Ginevra Corsican: Ghjinevra Czech: Ženeva Danish: Geneve Danish: Genève Doteli: जेनेभा Dutch: Genève Esperanto: Ĝenevo Estonian: Genf Estonian: Genfi Extremaduran: Ginebra Finnish: Geneve French: Genève North Frisian: Genf West-Frisian: Sjenêve Galician: Xenebra Georgian: ჟენევა German: Genf Bavarian German: Genf Greek: Γενεύη Hebrew: גֶ׳נֶבָה Hindi: जेनेवा Hindi: जनीवा Hungarian: Genf Icelandic: Genf Ido: Genève
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