Genua
See also: Genúa and genua
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin Genua.
Pronunciation
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.ny.ʋaː/
audio (Belgium) (file) audio (Netherlands) (file)
Proper noun
Genua n
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
German
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Genua, perhaps directly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːnua/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Genua n (proper noun, genitive Genuas or (optionally with an article) Genua)
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
Derived terms
- Genueser
- genueser
Anagrams
- genau
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) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.nu.a/, [ˈɡɛnuä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.nu.a/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnuä]
Proper noun
Genua f sg (genitive Genuae); first declension
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, in modern Italy)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Genua |
Genitive | Genuae |
Dative | Genuae |
Accusative | Genuam |
Ablative | Genuā |
Vocative | Genua |
Locative | Genuae |
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: Γένουα (Génoua)
- Italian: Genova
- Ligurian: Zena
- Old French: Jannes
- Middle French: jean (fustian)
- French: Gênes, jeans
- Middle English: Gene (fustian), Geayne
- English: jeans
- Middle French: jean (fustian)
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 (2001–2023), “jeans”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Latin Genua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛˈnu.a/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ua
- Syllabification: Ge‧nu‧a
Proper noun
Genua f
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)
Declension
Declension of Genua
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Genua |
genitive | Genui |
dative | Genui |
accusative | Genuę |
instrumental | Genuą |
locative | Genui |
vocative | Genuo |
Further reading
- Genua in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Genua in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin Genua.
Proper noun
Genua n (genitive Genuas)
- Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)
- Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)