Genua

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin Genua. === Pronunciation === (Belgium) IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.ny.ʋaː/ === Proper noun === Genua n Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa) == German == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin Genua, perhaps directly. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeːnua/ === Proper noun === Genua n (proper noun, genitive Genuas or (optionally with an article) Genua) Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa) ==== Derived terms ==== Genuese Genueser genueser === Anagrams === genau == Kashubian == === Alternative forms === Genowa === Etymology === Borrowed from German Genua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.nu.a/ Rhymes: -ɛnua Syllabification: Ge‧nu‧a === Proper noun === Genua f (related adjective genueński) Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa) === Further reading === Jan Trepczyk (1994), “Genua”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Genua”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1] == Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.nu.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.nu.a] === Proper noun === Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension Genoa (the capital city of the modern Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, in modern Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Ancient Greek: Γένουα (Génoua) Italian: Genova Padanian: Old Ligurian: Ziéna, Zenoa Ligurian: Zena Piedmontese: Génoa, Zénoa, Zena Old French: Jannes Middle French: jean (fustian) French: Gênes, jeans Middle English: Gene (fustian), Geayne English: jeans === References === “Genua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Genua”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “jeans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Latin Genua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛˈnu.a/ Rhymes: -ua Syllabification: Ge‧nu‧a === Proper noun === Genua f Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Genua in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Genua. === Proper noun === Genua n (genitive Genuas) Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy) Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)