Genoa

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Pronunciation 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also

English

Etymology

From Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *genu, knee, i.e., angle, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

Proper noun

Genoa

Pronunciation

• IPA:

  (US) /'dʒenouə/, (non-standard) /dʒen'ouə/

  (British) /'dʒenəʊə/, (non-standard) /dʒen'əʊə/

• SAMPA: /"dZEn@U@/, (non-standard) /dZ@"n@U@/

1. A province of Liguria, Italy.
2. A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria.
3. Name of several US cities and towns in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, New York and Ohio.
4. An Italian soccer team (in full, "Genoa Cricket and Football Club").

Translations

province

Esperanto: Ĝenovo French: Gênes German: Genua Greek, Modern: Γένοβα f Japanese: ジェノヴァ Ligurian: Zêna

Polish: Genua Russian: Генуя Spanish: Génova Swedish: Genua Turkish: Cenova

Italian city

Chinese: 热那亚/熱那亜 (Renaya) Danish: Genova Dutch: Genua Esperanto: Ĝenovo French: Gênes Genoese: Zena German: Genua Greek, Modern: Γένοβα f Hebrew: גנואה Italian: Genova f

Japanese: ジェノヴァ Ligurian: Zêna Polish: Genua Russian: Генуя Spanish: Génova Swedish: Genua Turkish: Cenova

in US

Italian: Genoa

football team

Italian: Genoa Ligurian: Zêna

Noun

genoa (plural genoas)

Pronunciation

• IPA:

  (US) /ˈdʒenouə/, /ˈdʒeni/

  (British) /ˈdʒenəʊə/, /ˈdʒeni/

• SAMPA: /"dZEn@U@/, /"dZ@ni/

1. (nautical) A jib that extends aft beyond the mast.

Translations

• Finnish: genua
• French: génois m
• German: Genua f

See also

• Wikipedia article on Genoa, the Italian city
• Wikipedia disambiguation page on the places called Genoa in the US