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Geneva

//d͡ʒəˈniːvə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
  2. 2
    A canton of Switzerland.
  3. 3
    The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; Former name of Planada, California.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Seminole County, Florida.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Talbot County, Georgia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Kane County, Illinois.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Noble Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Allen County, Kansas.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Midland County, Michigan.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Van Buren County, Michigan.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city and township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
  15. 20
    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.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, named after the founder's wife.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Greenwood Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
  19. 24
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington.
  20. 25
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
  21. 26
    A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  22. 27
    A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
  23. 28
    The Geneva Convention.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever) alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    Gin, especially jenever. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    gin made in the Netherlands wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

An alteration of Dutch genever under the influence of the geonym Geneva.

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