Geneva

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

//d͡ʒəˈniːvə//

The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.

proper noun

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The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
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The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland. The Swiss government.
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A canton of Switzerland.
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The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: Former name of Planada, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Seminole County, Florida.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Talbot County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Kane County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Noble Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Allen County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Midland County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Van Buren County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city and township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, named after the founder's wife.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Greenwood Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
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A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
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The Geneva Convention.

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.

noun

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Variant of genevaAlternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
Let our actor, in the true spirit of imitating his betters, follow the example of the great Mr. K⁠—⁠n; that is, let him roll about through the day from pot-house to pot-house like a rumbling old beer barrel, with ten or a dozen noggins of Geneva in his pate.

Forms

plural: Genevas

genetically · In a manner relating to genes or genetics.genetics · The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and…geneva · Gin, especially jenever.

Geneva · The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.

Genevieve · A female given name from French.genie · A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible…Genie · A male given name, diminutive of Eugene and pet form of Gene

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