Genua

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-1, feminine, singular) Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy)
2. (declension-1, feminine, singular) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)

Vertalings

Gênes

Genova

Genoa

Génova

Génova

Cenova

Gènova

Genua

Genua

جنوة

Gènoa

Γένοβα

Gênova

جِنُوَى

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.nu.a]

Etimologie (Engels)

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.