Geneva

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə

Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.

Geneva

2. The capital city of Geneva canton, Switzerland.
4. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Geneva

5. The largest lake in Switzerland: see Lake Geneva.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city, the county seat of Geneva County, Alabama.
   2. Former name of Planada, California.
   3. A census-designated place in Seminole County, Florida.
   4. A town in Talbot County, Georgia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
   6. A city, the county seat of Kane County, Illinois.
   7. A township in Kane County, Illinois.
   8. A town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana.
   9. An unincorporated community in Noble Township, Shelby County, Indiana.
   10. A minor city in Franklin County, Iowa.
   11. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Allen County, Kansas.
   12. A township in Midland County, Michigan.
   13. A township in Van Buren County, Michigan.
   14. A minor city and township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   15. A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   16. A township in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
   17. A city and town in Ontario County, New York, an area of water in the city is in Seneca County.
   18. A city in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
   19. A ghost town in Jefferson County, Oregon, named after the founder's wife.
   20. A census-designated place in Greenwood Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
   21. A census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington.
   22. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin; see also Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a city nearby.
7. A female given name transferred from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
8. (by ellipsis) The Geneva Convention.

Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
   • [c. 1800], J. Bisset, “Dandy Actors”, in Dandyism Displayed, or The Follies of the Ton; […], London: […] [John] Duncombe, […], →OCLC, page 8:

     Let our actor, in the true spirit of imitating his betters, follow the example of the great Mr. K⁠—⁠n; that is, let him roll about through the day from pot-house to pot-house like a rumbling old beer barrel, with ten or a dozen noggins of Geneva in his pate.

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