Genoese

== English == === Etymology === From Genoa +‎ -ese. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnəʊˈiːz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛnoʊˈiz/ === Noun === Genoese (plural Genoese) A native or inhabitant of the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy. 1656, T. B. of the Inner-Temple, Glossographia: or a Dictionary, Interpreting all such Hard Words, [...], London, s.v. America ([1]): America. One of the four parts of the world, ſo called from Americus Veſpuſius a Florentine, who with Columbus a Genoeſe, firſt diſcover'd this Country about the yeer 1492 which is moſt aptly called the New world; [...]. 1708, The General History of the World, being an Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a Continuation from the Best Historians to the Present Times. Vol. III, London, p. 249 ([2]): However, John not liking a Partner in the Empire, left Conſtantinople, and retir'd to Tenedos, where he engag'd Francis Cataluze a Genoeſe to aſſiſt him, and with the Fleet under his Command, return'd to the Imperal City, compell'd Contacuzenus to quit the Empire; [...] 1741, The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; – Volume the Second. – The Third Edition: With a Compleat Index, London, p. 6 ([3]): For at preſent the Greateſt, among the Genoeſe, are in part ſubjects to the monarchy of Spain [...]. The Spaniards tax them very high upon occaſion, and are ſo ſenſible of the advantage this gives them over the republick, that they will not ſuffer a Neapolitan to buy the lands of a Genoeſe, who muſt find a purchaſer among his own countrymen, if he has a mind to ſell. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Genoese The inhabitants of Genoa, collectively. The dialect of Ligurian spoken in Genoa ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Genoese (not comparable) Of, from or relating to the city of Genoa or surrounding province, Liguria, Italy. ==== Synonyms ==== Genovese ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Genoese”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Genoese, Genovese, Genoan”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.