Genua
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Genua n
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
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Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin Genua, perhaps directly.
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Proper noun edit
Genua n (proper noun, genitive Genuas or (optionally with an article) Genua)
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
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Etymology edit
Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu, in this sense "angle," from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.nu.a/, [ˈɡɛnuä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.nu.a/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnuä]
Proper noun edit
Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Genua |
| Genitive | Genuae |
| Dative | Genuae |
| Accusative | Genuam |
| Ablative | Genuā |
| Vocative | Genua |
| Locative | Genuae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Genua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Genua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jeans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish edit
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Genua f
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
Declension edit
Declension of Genua
Further reading edit
- Genua in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Genua n (genitive Genuas)
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)