(declension-1, feminine, singular) Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy)
(declension-1, feminine, singular) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Pronunciado como (IPA)
[ˈɡɛ.nu.a]
Etimologia (Inglês)
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.