English Explanatory Dictionary

Genoa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
  3. A former province of Liguria.
  4. A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
  7. A small statutory town in Lincoln County, Colorado.
  8. A city in DeKalb County, Illinois.
  9. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  10. A small city in Nance County, Nebraska.
  11. An unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada.
  12. A town in Cayuga County, New York.
noun
  1. Genoa cake.
noun
  1. A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/ /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Genoa.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Genoa2.wav /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/ /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/ /ˈdʒɛnəʊə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-genoa.wav

Word forms

Genoa Genoas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

Synonyms

genoa jib

Derived words

gennaker

Translations

Afrikaans: Genua Albanian: Gjenova Albanian: Xhenova Amharic: ጄኖቫ Arabic: جِنُوَى Arabic: جِنْوَة Arabic: جِنُوة Aragonese: Chenova Armenian: Ջենովա Armenian: Ճենովա Asturian: Xénova Aymara: Genova Azerbaijani: Genuya Bashkir: Генуя Basque: Genova Belarusian: Ге́нуя Bengali: জেনোভা Breton: Genova Bulgarian: Ге́нуа Burmese: ဂျီနိုအာမြို့ Catalan: Gènova Chechen: Генуя Chinese Mandarin: 熱那亞 /热那亚 Corsican: Genuva Czech: Janov Danish: Genova Dutch: Genua Esperanto: Ĝenovo Estonian: Genova Extremaduran: Génova Farefare: Genoa Farefare: Genova Farefare: Genua Finnish: Genova Finnish: Genoa French: Gênes North Frisian: Genua West-Frisian: Genua Friulian: Gjenue Galician: Xénova Georgian: გენუა German: Genua Central Franconian: Jenua Greek: Γένοβα Gujarati: જેનોઆ Hebrew: גנואה Hindi: जेनोआ
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