Feminine
Genova
- (feminine) Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
- (feminine) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)
- (feminine) the letter G in the Italian spelling alphabet
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Gè‧no‧va
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛ.no.va/
Etymology
From Latin Genua, possibly from the Ancient Ligurian word for knee. Compare also Latin genu; alternatively it may derive ultimately from a Celtic root *genu-, *genawa (“mouth (i.e. estuary”), making it possibly akin to the root of Geneva as well.
Related words
Genoa
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