Geneva

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via Celtic origin from Proto-Indo-European root *genu (“bend”), *genawa in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

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Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

1. Gin, especially jenever.

Geneva

1. A city in Switzerland.
2. A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital.
3. The largest lake in Switzerland.
4. A city in Alabama, USA, and the county seat of Geneva County.
5. A city in Illinois, USA, and county seat of Kane County.
6. A city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Fillmore County.
7. A female given name, from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
8. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

• Geneva Convention
• Geneva County
• Geneva cross
• Geneva mechanism
• Geneva wheel
• Genevan

• Wikipedia article on the canton of Geneva

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