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Etymology
From Genua, as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians; probably from Ligurian word for "knee", from Proto-Indo-European *genu, knee, i.e., angle, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

Pronunciation
IPA:
:(US) /'d�enou�/, (nonstandard) /d�en'ou�/
:(British) /'d�en���/, (nonstandard) /d�en'���/
SAMPA|/"dZEn@U@/, (nonstandard) /dZ@"n@U@/

Proper noun
Genoa

1. A province of Liguria, Italy.
2. A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria.
3. A placename.

Translations
trans-top|province
Esperanto: �enovo
French: Gênes
German: Genua
Greek, Modern: �ένοβα f
Japanese: �����
Ligurian: Zêna
trans-mid
Polish: Genua
Russian: �ен��
Spanish: Génova
Swedish: Genua
Turkish: Cenova
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trans-top|Italian city
Chinese: ���/��� (Renaya)
Danish: Genova#Danish|Genova
Dutch: Genua
Esperanto: �enovo
French: Gênes
Genoese: Zena
German: Genua#German|Genua
Greek, Modern: �ένοβα f
Hebrew: �נ���
Italian: Genova#Italian|Genova f
trans-mid
Japanese: �����
Ligurian: Zêna
Polish: Genua#Polish|Genua
Russian: �ен��
Spanish: Génova
Swedish: Genua#Swedish|Genua
Turkish: Cenova
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trans-top|in US
Italian: Genoa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|football team
Italian: Genoa
trans-mid
Ligurian: Zêna
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See also
w:Genoa|Wikipedia article on Genoa, the Italian city
w:Genoa (disambiguation)|Wikipedia disambiguation page on the places called Genoa in the US

Category:Cities

fr:Genoa
it:Genoa

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