Cenova

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جنوه (Cenova), from Italian Genova directly and via Persian جنوآ (Jenoâ), from Latin Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo- (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position.

Proper noun

Cenova

  1. Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)
  2. Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)

Declension

Declension of Cenova
singular plural
nominative Cenova Cenovalar / Cenova'lar
accusative Cenova'yı Cenovaları / Cenova'ları
dative Cenova'ya Cenovalara / Cenova'lara
locative Cenova'da Cenovalarda / Cenova'larda
ablative Cenova'dan Cenovalardan / Cenova'lardan
genitive Cenova'nın Cenovaların / Cenova'ların
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