Genoa

Etymology
From (influenced by ), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the word for “knee”, from, a thematic derivative of ; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to.

Proper noun

 * , and also of the province of Genoa.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1) . Former name of village:.
 * 2)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.
 * 1)  a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the  in 1815.

Usage notes
The pronunciations with the stress on the second syllable are considered nonstandard.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: Ге́нуа
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Ĝenovo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: Genoa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジェノヴァ
 * Ligurian: Zêna
 * Lithuanian: Genuja
 * Macedonian: Џенова
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Brazilian: Gênova
 * European: Génova
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Genua
 * Tagalog: Henoba
 * Turkish:


 * Afrikaans: Genua
 * Albanian: Gjenova, Xhenova
 * Amharic: ጄኖቫ
 * Arabic: جِنُوَى, جِنْوَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: جِنُوة
 * Aragonese: Chenova
 * Armenian: Ջենովա, Ճենովա
 * Asturian: Xénova
 * Aymara: Genova
 * Azerbaijani: Genuya
 * Bashkir: Генуя
 * Basque: Genova
 * Belarusian: Ге́нуя
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: Genova
 * Bulgarian: Ге́нуа
 * Burmese: ဂျီနိုအာမြို့
 * Catalan: Gènova
 * Central Franconian: Jenua
 * Chechen: Генуя
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican: Genuva
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Genova
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Ĝenovo
 * Estonian:
 * Extremaduran: Génova
 * Farefare: Genoa, Genova, Genua
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: Gjenue
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გენუა
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Genua
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: જેનોઆ
 * Hebrew: גנואה
 * Hindi: जेनोआ
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Genúa
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Genoa
 * Interlingua: Genua
 * Irish: Genova
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジェノヴァ, ジェノア
 * Kannada: ಜಿನೋವಾ
 * Kazakh: Генуя
 * Komi-Zyrian: Генуя
 * Korean: ^제노바
 * Kyrgyz: Генуя
 * Latin: Genua
 * Latvian: Dženova
 * Ligurian: Zêna
 * Limburgish: Genoewa
 * Lithuanian: Genuja
 * Lombard: Genua
 * Luxembourgish: Genua
 * Macedonian: Џенова
 * Maltese: Ġenova
 * Marathi: जेनोवा
 * Mingrelian: გენუა
 * Mongolian: Женова
 * Neapolitan: Genova
 * North Frisian: Genua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Genova
 * Nynorsk: Genova
 * Occitan:
 * Ossetian: Генуя
 * Ottoman Turkish: جنوه, جنویز
 * Papiamentu: Genova
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: Génoa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Brazilian: Gênova
 * European: Génova
 * Punjabi: ਜੇਨੋਆ
 * Quechua: Genova
 * Romanian: Genova
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: Gènova
 * Scottish Gaelic: Genova
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ђенова
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: Gènuva
 * Silesian: Genova
 * Slovak: Janov
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: Genua
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Genova
 * Swedish: Genua
 * Tagalog: Henoba
 * Tajik: Ге́нуя
 * Tamil: செனோவா
 * Tarantino: Genova
 * Tatar: Җенова
 * Thai: เจนัว, เจโนวา
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Ге́нуя
 * Venetian: Gènoa
 * Veps: Genui
 * Volapük: Genova
 * Waray-Waray: Genova
 * Welsh: Genova
 * West Frisian: Genua


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) Genoa cake.