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Geneva
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English
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Canton of +
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Geneva.wav Southern England
en iːvə 3
Etymology 1
thumb|canton of Geneva (sense 2)
Mentioned in en la - texts as la Genava. Probably via a en cel-pro *genwā from en ine-pro *ǵénw-eh₂ knee, a derivative of ine-pro *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to en Genoa.
Proper noun
en Q71en capital city can/Geneva c/Switzerland.
en metonym The Swiss government.
en Q11917en canton c/Switzerland.
en canton of Geneva
The largest lake in Switzerland: see en Lake Geneva.
en number of places c/USA:
en city/county seat co/Geneva County s/Alabama.
en Planada, California.
en CDP co/Seminole County s/Florida.
en town co/Talbot County s/Georgia.
en ucomm co/Bear Lake County s/Idaho.
en city/county seat co/Kane County s/Illinois.
en twp co/Kane County s/Illinois.
en town twp:Suf/Wabash co/Adams County s/Indiana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Noble co/Shelby County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Franklin County s/Iowa.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Allen County s/Kansas.
en twp co/Midland County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Van Buren County s/Michigan.
en minor city/and/twp co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota.
en city/county seat co/Fillmore County s/Nebraska.
en twp co/Fillmore County s/Nebraska.
en city/and/town co/Ontario County s/New York an area of water in the city is in co/Seneca County. TopoZone: Geneva, New York
en city co/Ashtabula County s/Ohio.
en ghost town co/Jefferson County s/Oregon, named after the founder's wife.
en CDP twp:Suf/Greenwood co/Crawford County s/Pennsylvania.
en CDP co/Whatcom County s/Washington.
en town co/Walworth County s/Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
en locality in the carea/Kyogle north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en female place names or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
en by ellipsis The Geneva Convention.
Derived terms
en Geneva bands Geneva Convention Geneva County Geneva cross Geneva mechanism Genevan Geneva sauce Genevate Geneva wheel Genevese Lake Geneva
Translations
city
Afrikaans: af Genève
Albanian: sq Gjeneva f, sq Gjenevë f indefinite
Amharic: am ዠኔቭ
Arabic: ar جِنِيف f
Hijazi Arabic: acw جِنيف f jinēf, jinēv
Aragonese: an Chinevra f
Armenian: hy Ժնեւ
Asturian: ast Xinebra f
Avar: av Женева f
Azerbaijani: az Cenevrə
Belarusian: be Жэне́ва f, be Жэнэ́ва f
Bengali: bn জেনেভা
Bulgarian: bg Жене́ва f
Burmese: my ဂျနီဗာမြို့
Catalan: ca Ginebra f, ca Geneva f
Cebuano: ceb Genève
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 日內瓦 jat6 noi6 ngaa5
Mandarin: cmn 日內瓦 Rìnèiwǎ
Chuvash: cv Женева f
Corsican: co Ginevra f, co Ghjinevra f
Czech: cs Ženeva f
Danish: da Geneve
Doteli: dty जेनेभा
Dutch: nl Genève n
Esperanto: eo Ĝenevo
Estonian: et Genf
Extremaduran: ext Ginebra
Finnish: fi Geneve
Franco-Provençal: frp Genèva f
French: fr Genève f
Frisian:
North Frisian: frr Genf
West Frisian: fy Sjenêve n
Galician: gl Xenebra f
Georgian: ka ჟენევა
German: de Genf n
Alemannic German: gsw Genf n
Bavarian: bar Genf n
Greek: el Γενεύη f
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug Ginebra
Hebrew: he גֶ׳נֶבָה f jenéva
Hindi: hi जेनेवा m, hi जनीवा m
Hungarian: hu Genf
Icelandic: is Genf f
Ido: io Genève
Indonesian: id Jenewa
Irish: ga Ginéiv f
Italian: it Ginevra f
Japanese: ja ジュネーブ Junēbu, ja ジュネーヴ Junēvu
Javanese: jv Jenéwa
Kabiye: kbp Zeenɛɛvɩ
Kannada: kn ಜಿನಿವಾ
Karakalpak: kaa Jeneva
Kashubian: csb Genf
Kazakh: kk Женева f
Khmer: km ហ្សឺណែវ
Korean: ko ^제네바
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Cenevre, kmr Jenev
Kyrgyz: ky Женева
Latin: la Genāva
Latvian: lv Ženēva f
Lingala: ln Shnɛ́f
Lithuanian: lt Ženeva f
Lombard: lmo Ginevra
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Genf
Luxembourgish: lb Genf
Macedonian: mk Жене́ва f
Malay: ms Geneva
Malayalam: ml ജനീവ
Maltese: mt Ġinevra f
Marathi: mr जिनीव्हा
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr Женеве
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Женев
Nauruan: na Genève
Neapolitan: nap Ginevra
Norwegian: no Genève
Occitan: oc Genèva f
Ossetian: os Женевӕ f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Женева f
Pashto: ps ژنېو, ps جنېوا
Persian: fa ژنو ženev
Picard: pcd Genève
Piedmontese: pms Gëneva
Polish: pl Genewa f
Portuguese: pt Genebra f
Punjabi: pa ਜਨੇਵਾ
Western Punjabi: pnb جنیوا
Quechua: qu Genève
Romanian: ro Geneva
Romansh: rm Genevra f
Russian: ru Жене́ва f
Sanskrit: sa जिनीवा
Sardinian: sc Ginevra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Жене́ва f
Latin: sh Ženéva f
Sicilian: scn Ginevra f
Silesian: szl Genève
Slovak: sk Ženeva f
Slovene: sl Ženeva f
Somali: so Jineefa
Spanish: es Ginebra f
Swedish: sv Genève
Tagalog: tl Hinebra
Tajik: tg Женева f
Tamil: ta ஜெனீவா
Tatar: tt Җәнәү f
Thai: th เจนีวา
Tibetan: bo ཀྲེ་ནེ་ཝ།
Turkish: tr Cenevre
Turkmen: tk Ženewa
Ukrainian: uk Жене́ва f
Urdu: ur جنیوا m jinevā, janīvā
Uyghur: ug جەنۋە
Uzbek: uz Jeneva
Venetan: vec Zenevra
Veps: vep Ženev
Vietnamese: vi Genève, vi Giơ-ne-vơ
Volapük: vo Genève
Walloon: wa Djineve, wa Djneve
Welsh: cy Genefa
West Flemish: vls Genève n
Yiddish: yi זשענעווע f, yi גענף n
canton
Arabic: ar جِنِيف f
Aragonese: an Chinevra f
Catalan: ca Ginebra f, ca Geneva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 日內瓦 Rìnèiwǎ
Danish: da Genève
Dutch: nl Genève n
Esperanto: eo Ĝenevo
Estonian: et Genfi
Finnish: fi Geneve
Franco-Provençal: frp Genèva f
French: fr Genève f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sjenêve n
Galician: gl Xenebra f
German: de Genf n
Bavarian: bar Genf n
Greek: el Γενεύη f
Irish: ga Ginéiv f
Italian: it Ginevra f
Japanese: ja ジュネーブ Junēbu, ja ジュネーヴ Junēvu
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Cenevre, kmr Jenev
Latin: la Genāva f
Macedonian: mk Женева f
Occitan: oc Genèva f
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Женева f
Polish: pl Genewa f
Portuguese: pt Genebra f
Romansh: rm Genevra f
Russian: ru Жене́ва f, ru канто́н Жене́ва m
Slovak: sk Ženeva
Somali: so Jineefa
Spanish: es Ginebra f
Turkish: tr Cenevre
Ukrainian: uk Жене́ва f
Uzbek: uz Jeneva
lake Lake Geneva
See also
References
Etymology 2
Noun
~
en geneva gin, jenever
Dandy Actors 8 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.
Anagrams
en aeegnv avenge
en exonyms