Genava

Latin

Alternative forms

• Geneva, Genua, Genna

Etymology

Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu), similar to Genabum, Genua, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.na.u̯a/, [ˈɡɛnäu̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na.va/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnävä]
• Note: the length of the vowel is not attested in poetry, but it would have been short based on etymology and alternative forms.

Proper noun

Genava f sg (genitive Genavae); first declension

1. Geneva

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Genava
Genitive	Genavae
Dative	Genavae
Accusative	Genavam
Ablative	Genavā
Vocative	Genava
Locative	Genavae

Derived terms

• Genavēnsis

Further reading

• “Genava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Genava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.