Genava

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Geneva, Genua, Genna === Etymology === Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu), similar to Genabum, Genua, etc. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.na.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.na.va] Note: the length of the vowel is not attested in poetry, but it would have been short based on etymology and alternative forms. === Proper noun === Genava f sg (genitive Genavae); first declension Geneva ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Genavēnsis === Further reading === “Genava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Genava”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.