Geneva

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə

canton of Geneva (sense 2)

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.

Geneva

1. The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
2. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Geneva

3. The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
4. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
   2. A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
   3. A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   4. A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
   5. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
5. A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
6. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

• (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich ^{(Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)}

Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
   • [c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; […], London: […] [John] Duncombe, […], →OCLC, page 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.

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