Genoa
nameEtymology
Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
- derived from *ǵónu✻
- derived from *ǵénw-eh₂✻
- derived from Genova
- borrowed from Genua
Definitions
A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of…
A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015
A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
A former province of Liguria.
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A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
A number of places in the United States
A number of places in the United States:
a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its…
a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.
Genoa cake.
A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
- The more the backstay is tightened, the less the headstay will sag off to leeward, forming a rigid and more efficient arc along the luff of the genoa while beating to weather.
The neighborhood
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