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Genoa

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/

The English word “Genoa” has 6 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
  2. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
  3. The former name of Perry Heights, an unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
  4. Four townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Genoa Township.
  5. 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.

noun

  1. Genoa cake.

Etymology

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.

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