Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish جنوه (Cenova), from Italian Genova directly and via Persian جنوآ (Jenoâ), from Latin Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- (knee), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position.

Proper noun

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Cenova

  1. Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Declension

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